![]() Chmielewski, who co-founded the business with her husband, Stevenson S. ”On my first visit to Nalata Nalata, I spoke with Angelique J. In the same way that Manhattan Sideways shares the stories of businesses on the sidestreets of Manhattan, Nalata Nalata, as their website explains, “is a retail experience founded on promoting awareness of the people and stories behind our curated lifestyle products. He eventually produced around “2, 000 or 3, 000” of his own prints, many of which are displayed or stored in his gallery.Ī dainty shop located on Extra Place - that little side street off of 1st Street where the Ramones photographed an Album Cover - Nalata Nalata features high quality décor sourced mainly from Japan. However, in the early 2000’s, Alex realized that he was doing very little of his own work and decided to return to his own collection to begin the process of printing. ![]() He has also had the incredible good fortune of having spent time photographing both John Coltrane at the Apollo Theater and Muhammad Ali when he was a young fighter. Throughout his career, Alex has done an immense amount of work freelancing in both photography and video, collaborating with other artists on projects, and even producing video that would be displayed in the Whitney. It has been instrumental in giving distinguished photographers their first significant New York City solo exhibits. Since 1971, Alex has offered his space as a showcase for photographers of all backgrounds, as well as a meeting place where ideas are exchanged, portfolios are reviewed, and new friends are made. His organization, 4th Street Photo, is as much a community as it is a gallery. He was able to open an art organization with the help of other artists that he was working with at the time, which he used as a platform for research, collaboration, and teaching. He became interested both in increasing his understanding and in spreading his knowledge to other photographers. ![]() ” In the 1970’s, Alex began to focus deeply on experimenting with the photo chemical process. After being drafted into the army, Alex was able to become a supervisor in the photography department at Color Lab due to his knowledge of photo chemicals and his ability to be “very good at getting weird kind of situations that no one knew anything about. His career as a professional photographer began in 1959 when he got a job with a New York Attorney’s Office. Alex developed his photography skills by playing around with the different techniques he had created as well as by learning from his mistakes. ” Although certainly showcasing past techniques, scenes, and individuals through its extensive collection, Alex has always been one step ahead of the curve throughout his long career in photography and videography. ![]() Alex opened his gallery in 1973 and described it as a “museum of the past. ” Complete with a penguin in the driver’s seat and an owl in the navigator seat, it certainly reflects the creative and historic atmosphere of the 4th Street Photo Gallery right behind it. When I asked Alex Harsley if he knew who owned the 1968 Dodge Dart parked outside his gallery, his response was “that is mine…I purchased it in 1974, and have enjoyed it ever since…my car is all about the good times. ![]()
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