Vanessa reflects on her fascination with documentaries about NYC's legendary places and her quest to experience them after moving to the city. The episode unfolds the journey of finding a new niche and becoming a regular at DIY parties.
People now call that period between 2008 and 2012 the "Indie Sleaze" era. Why? Well, after the Great Recession of 2008, there was a shift among young people away from the embrace of logo-centric and materialistic styles. Instead, there emerged a preference for a socially conscious, non-conforming style embodied by the rise of hipster vintage fashion.
A bunch of folks from the nightlife scene were hipsters during the day, but come night, things got a bit messier. It was a whole vibe!
Vanessa sat with Igor and talked about his punk beginnings, what led him to NY, and his documenting of the indie sleaze area in NYC. They also touched on the bittersweet end of his time in NY. Driven out by those relentless rent hikes. The unforgiving cost of living has forced so many people to move out.
Common mentions:
- Moving to NYC
- Advice to NYC young photographers
- blogger / blogging vulnerability
- New Yorkers
- Nightlife social scenes
- Driven By Boredom
- Indie Sleaze
- Nightlife photography
- Consequences
- Hipsters
- Making a living in NY as a photographer
- Cobra Snake
- Ruff Club
- Nightlife photo blog
- MySpace era
- Early Facebook Days
- Social Media Beginnings
- American Apparel
- NYC indie sleaze era
- DIY parties
- Vice Magazine
- VICE DOs and DONTs
- Village Voice
- Unfiltered Visuals
- Scenesters
- Gentrification
- Gentrifier being Gentrified
- NYC Rent Hikes
- NYC cost of living
- Gentrification
- 2008 Great Recession
- FOMO
- Flash Photography
- Nate Igor Smith