That quickly transitioned into following Manhattan’s electric nightlife and daily life in Bushwick well before its gentrification.

Meryl Meisler | Simply Scintillating: A Retrospectiveis the photographer’s second solo show withCLAMP.

Treat them as such.

Man on Williamsburg Subway in 1978

Jive Guy on Williamsburg Subway, March 1978

We are all witness to and part of history.

This is your time, this is your place.

Fifty years of Meryl Meisler’s street photography is on show at CLAMP in New York City.

Meryl Meisler Self Portrait in a Mirror

Self-Portrait, My Childhood Mirror, Woodstock, August 2023

Mom Getting her hair Teased at Besame Beauty Salon North Massapequa, NY, June 1976

Mom Getting her hair Teased at Besame Beauty Salon North Massapequa, NY, June 1976

Meryl Meisler | Simply Scintillating: A Retrospective

Love in Bloom G-d Bless America Henry Street Settlement Good Companions Senior Center 1978

Meryl Meisler Self-Portrait 1978

Self-Portrait, Playmate Hostess, NY, NY, December 1978

The Village People Stepping Out

The Village People Stepping Out of the Grand Ballroom New York, NY, June 1978

Coli, Playmate Hostess, NY, NY, December 1978

Coli, Playmate Hostess, NY, NY, December 1978

Amanda Lepore on her Birthday in 2022

Amanda Lepore on her Birthday, Bartschland, Working Girls Holiday Special, Club Room at Soho Grand, December 2022

Miss Malice in 2023 by Meryl Meisler

Miss Malice, birthday femme, Switch n’ Play, Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY, January 2023

NYC Nightlife in the 1970s by Meryl Meisler

Ripped Stocking and Garter Dance Trio at GG’s Barnum Room, NY, NY, December 1978

Guys at Christopher Street Pier, NY, NY April 1978

Guys at Christopher Street Pier, NY, NY April 1978

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JJ Holding Head as Hair Flies While Dancing with JudiJupiter, Studio 54, NY, NY, July 1977

Meryl Meisler | Simply Scintillating: A Retrospective at CLAMP

Feminine Floored Hurrah (Potassa de la Fayette), NY, NY, Hurrah, March 1978 #2