The images above are among hundreds shot by Sherry Rubel of the encampment in
Lakewood, New Jersey:
Gallery of Tent City Photographs
Learn more about the Tent City Project:
• In this issue of SHJ:
Commentary and Poems by
Hank Kalet, author of As an Alien in a Land of Promise
•
“Tent City, Three Ways,” 10 July 2013, by Debbie Gallant, in NJ News
Commons, Montclair State University. Article includes a two-minute trailer for the
documentary, Destiny’s Bridge, by film-maker Jack Ballo.
•
Podcast, 30 July 2013, with Hank Kalet, Sherry Rubel, and Jack Ballo
essentially grew up in the darkroom—her father was a professional photographer,
and she herself became a fine arts photographer and photo-journalist. Formerly a
staff photographer with the award-winning Crossroads Theater and freelancer for
Patch.com, Rubel has worked most recently on independent projects, including the
Tent City Project illustrated in this issue of SHJ.
Her collection of 25 “Living Legacies” portraits of musicians, dancers,
writers, actors, and visual artists are on permanent exhibition at Actors’
Fund House in Englewood, New Jersey.
www.sherryrubelphotography.com