1. Oral History Archive
  2. Oral History Archive

Oral History Archive

Filtering by photographers back to all
Shavon Meyers
A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland
George Ancona
The art of growing up Mexican American in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s
Mindy Gress
Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom
Barry Yanowitz
Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it
Martine Emile
Longtime Coney Island resident and cinematographer for a series of indie films shot here
Steve Spak
Photographer who worked on a city ambulance for Coney Island Hospital in the late 1970's
Karen Thumann
On her three year photo project
Abe Feinstein
Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years
Lily Binder
Artist and photographer