Black Betty Portraits - Amy Touchette

The Black Betty Portraits
When Black Betty lost its lease after ten years, plans to capture the elusively unique intimacy and camaraderie it had spawned began almost immediately. A small, dark, neighborhood club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Black Betty was the heart of the local music scene. One idea owners Bud Schmeling and Sandy Glover had was to commission me to make portraits of some of the many people who were particularly connected to Black Betty. This is a selection of those photographs, which were taken inside the club a couple of weeks before it closed in June 2009.
- Amy Touchette
Photos © Amy Touchette
Comments
very fine photograhy.