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Stefano Ortega, 24 years old, graduates from DAMS, Università di Bologna, in October 2009. He started his career in the via turati 8 studio in Bologna and is now a freelance photographer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Shana – driggs ave|S 1st st

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Shana it was 1pm, a very hot day, I found this trolley in the puerto rican side of williamsburg. I thought it was nice to have it in one of my shoots, but I didn’t think that probably nobody could stay around at that time, with such a humid weather. so after 15 minutes waiting [...]

Ivan & BabyFinest – broadway|roebling st

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Ivan and BabyFinest i&b: what are you doing man? s: shooting around broadway, is this your neighborhood? b: it is. where are you from? s: my family is from argentina, but I was born in Italy. and you? i: so you speak spanish, right? s: I do. i: I’m from porto rico. s: nice to [...]

Iphigenia – meeker ave|metropolitan ave

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Iphigenia s: hi, how are you? i: i’m fine, what about you? s: good, good. nice jacket, I like your lapel badges. where did you find them? i: a flea market in east london. s: there’s a flea market here, two blocks away. i: i know, have been there. s: are you from london, just [...]

J&B – wythe ave|N 10th st

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J&B s: hi guys. j&b: hey, are you doing? s: I’m working on a project… do you mind if I take a picture of you? j&b: that’s fine, but just a minute… they went away after my first shot, as soon as possible. hipsters never die in williamsburg.

Amy – driggs ave|N 4th st

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Amy s: hi! are you smiling? a: yes, a bit. what are you doing? s: I’m taking pictures of smiles in this neighborhood! she smiles again s: may I take one of you? a: of course! what’s your name? s: I’m stefano. and you? a: I’m amy, do you work in this neighborhood? s: I’m [...]

Sam – broadway|marcy ave

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Sam sm: what are you filming man? st: mmm… I’m not filming, I’m just shooting. sm: oh! I thought it was a video camera…. st: because it looks big! where are you from? sm: here! st: do you mean brooklyn? sm: I mean marcy ave. and you? st: I’m living here now; I’m from Italy [...]

Yuko Suzuki – broadway|driggs ave

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Yuko s: hi, I like your skirt a lot! y: thank you! s: can I take a picture of you, please? y: sure. s: great, what are you doing here? y: I’m going back home. s: do you work here too? y: I don’t, I work in the city, in an art gallery, what’s about [...]

Aaron – wythe ave|N 6th st

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Aaron aaron is a friend of mine. i met him a couple of weeks before I took this picture. in ny he’s the only person that I knew before shooting. he helped me a lot during my first weeks in the city and a few times i thought about taking a picture of him. eventually [...]

Jane – kent ave|N 10th st

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Jane j: nice wall, right? s: it is, do you mind if I take a picture of you? j: absolutely. what is it for? s: for me, it’s my project of pictures in this neighborhood… jane is an actress, she works between the city and brooklyn and lives close to this corner.

Rafael – berry st|williamsburg bridge

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Rafael 2 pm, 105°F, I realized that the only place where I could find a big shadow was down the Williamsburg bridge. I made the framing, and a car stopped at my side. The driver was yiddish, my same age, very curious. He started asking me questions on my life, so we got a half [...]

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Stefano Ortega

Stefano Ortega, 24 years old, graduates from DAMS, Università di Bologna, in October 2009. He started his career in the via turati 8 studio in Bologna and is now a freelance photographer based in Brooklyn, NY.

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