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  • A girl skates along the Birkenau perimeter road headed from the adjacent village of Brzezinka to the town of Os›wie™cim. The road separates farmland and houses circling the death camp museum. A buffer zone of 100 meters was established to limit development near Auschwitz - Birkenau, but some of the land had already been settled by the time the law was enacted.
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  • Coal smoke billows from the former SS Headquarters at Auschwitz II - Birkenau, which is now an active Catholic Church for the village of Brzezinka . The large cross above the building is prominent in the skyline of the camp and has been protested by many Jewish organizations as an effort to "Christianize" the Holocaust.
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  • A nun plays badminton with school children on the banks of the Sola river in Oswiecim, Poland. About a mile down the river lies the concentration camp Auschwitz.
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  • A young boy at a wedding reception above the firehouse in the village of Brzezinka (Birkenau).
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  • A street vendor sells balloons in Oswiecim during a Polish laborer's holiday festival.
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  • Firemen convene in a parking lot near Birkenau before a memorial service for thousands of murdered Russian POWs. The service took place as an act of reconciliation after Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s plane crashed on Russian soil.
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  • A few high-rise apartment buildings in the center of Oswiecim sometimes referred to as "Manhattan" by residents.
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  • A young boy climbs the barrier between the apartment complex called “Muzeum” and the Auschwitz concentration camp museum.
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  • Signs at the overflow parking lot across the street from the Auschwitz museum.
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  • A tourist at Auschwitz wearing a jacket with a punk-rock reference.
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  • A tourist at Auschwitz II - Birkenau sits at a tour bus in the parking lot by the "death gate."
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  • A controlled burn of a crop field in the Polish town of Brzezinka, in view of the extermination camp Auschwitz II - Birkenau.
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  • A modern cemetery in the town of Oswiecim with smokestacks from the town's chemical factory looming in the distance. The factory was built by Nazi Germany during the war and used prisoners from Auschwitz to run it. After the war the new communist government expanded the industrial complex, which employed about 12,000 employees. After the fall of communism in Poland the factory became privatized and now only employs about 1,500 people.
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  • A farmer releases the reigns from his work horse after plowing his field in front of the Birkenau "death gate."
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  • Catholic pilgrims pray at a Way of the Cross procession during Easter at a holy site about 30 miles from Oswiecim. The late Pope John Paul II was a frequent pilgrim here in his younger days. Poland, which was ethnically diverse before WWII, is now about 95% Catholic, and likely the most religious country in Europe.
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  • Women prepare for an Easter procession around an old church in the Oswiecim town square. The church is across the street from the restored Jewish Synagogue and education center
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  • Parents set up their children for pictures outside a pre-war Oswiecim church after their First Communion.
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  • A father and son from the town of Brzezinka go fishing in flooded ruins of barracks at Auschwitz II - Birkenau.
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  • An elderly man from Oswiecim locks his bike to a sign at Auschwitz II - Birkenau directing visitors to the Auschwitz I museum site.
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  • Wedding culture around New York City.
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  • Wedding culture around New York City.
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  • Wedding culture around New York City.
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  • Wedding culture around New York City.
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  • Natalie Yagudaev, Brooklyn, owner of Pico- micro Yorkshire terrier, age 1.5<br />
2nd NYCC with the dog<br />
"I don't really read comics, I just like the superheroes. <br />
It makes me so happy to share my baby."<br />
His pose while being lifted already looked like superman, so they chose that costume. <br />
Natalie made cape. Bought fabric and ironed on logo. <br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • An array of costumes for sale at New York Comic Con. <br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Denise Duffy, a copywriter from Sunnyside, Queens, inside an Airdancer costume that her boyfriend made our of linens and two laundry hampers. Her boyfriend happens to share the name of Mark Hamill actor who plays Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise, as well as Joker in many of the animated releases. This is her second her attending New York Comic Con.<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Dave Bove, bacon<br />
Robert Lascar,  a viking hero<br />
(both from Bergen County, NJ)<br />
Original custom armor costume from craftsman in Florida <br />
Both six years at Comicon<br />
Lascar said, "I affect cultures, I kill things..."<br />
Dave said, "You know what else kills things? Bacon. But I'm also a superhero, because I fight hunger every day."<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Matt Gaska, a costume designer from Binghamton, NY, releases a cloud of vapor from an e-cigarette from underneath his Kylo Red mask. He welded the headpiece from two separate components he bought online. This is his first year attending New York Comic Con. <br />
"The amount of complex costumes is mindblowing."<br />
@confluencecosplay<br />
$120 suit<br />
$300 for helmet and materials to weld<br />
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  • Sydney Hollingsworth, who lives on the upper east side of Manhattan, poses for photos with a line of admirers. She made her Poison Ivy costume from elastic taken from gogo dancer garters, craft store plants and booty shorts, which cost about $75. This is her fourth year attending New York Comic Con.<br />
"You're dressing up for fun but also to be seen...It's a judgement free zone. You can take one character and interpret it in a billion different ways." <br />
@_.sydneymarie._<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Christian Imperiale, 32,<br />
Marlboro, NJ<br />
"Hip-Hop Spidey" costume, which he invented.<br />
5th year at NYCC<br />
He's a dancer and bboy <br />
Custom Nike shoes<br />
Bought costume pieces separately <br />
Shoes $160<br />
Rest about $200<br />
Boom box wrapped in string.<br />
Gets called "ghetto spidey" or "gangster spidey" sometimes. <br />
"People say, 'Spider man doesn't wear a chain.' Well why not? He's agile he can flip...I like to incorporate that into my cosplay because it's a part of my life."<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Julie Leung, 29<br />
6th year at NYCC<br />
Author of middle-grade books. "Mice of the Round Table"<br />
Costume is a "Hodgepodge of collected affects from various comic cons and renaissance fairs."<br />
Elf ears from NY Renaissance fair<br />
Dice earrings from Emerald City Comic Con<br />
$40 for all total<br />
"You are here with all the people who love the things you love."<br />
@jleungbooks<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Mike Baaden, 35, from Macungie, PA<br />
7th year at NYCC<br />
Costume: Namor Submariner - marvel<br />
Shells, fishing net, stained glass (necklace)<br />
Bracers- cut cheap Halloween tin and then added sticky gold aluminum.<br />
Suit- patterned spandex print that he sowed. <br />
Wings on ankles made from bra straps and store-bought feathers.<br />
$20 total<br />
Makes costumes as a regular hobby.<br />
"It's a good clean hobby. No drinking involved, no drugs involved."<br />
Interested in men's physique aspect of cosplay. Training coincides with his hobby.<br />
He was helping put on the top half of his friend's costume...below... <br />
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Thomas DePetrillo, 51, Rhode Island,<br />
Business: Extreme Costumes. He's a designer, builder, and performer of giant costumes.<br />
Costume: Reinardt - from the video game Overwatch.<br />
Coming to NYCC since 2009<br />
Costume made from rubber floor mats, EVA foam, aluminum skeleton <br />
$2500 total<br />
Makes custom costumes for clients.<br />
Two other designers of the costume:<br />
Qi Ma- one @qilincosplay<br />
Ryan Holmes @darius_silver <br />
Instagram: @extremecostumes<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Lin Reika, 23, from Brooklyn<br />
Fifth year at NYCC<br />
Harpie Dancer costume from Yugioh, an anime show and card game.<br />
Sown the costume herself from craft foam, glass pearls. Bought wig online. Bra covered in faux stretch leather. <br />
Less than $100 total<br />
"The one place I get to see most of my friends. "<br />
@derpandcosplay<br />
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Poses for a photo with another NYCC attendee's chameleon:<br />
Enoch Thompson (veiled chameleon) age 3.<br />
Second year at NYCC<br />
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  • Bridget Fortich, 13 months-old<br />
From Whitestone, Queens<br />
Costume: Wonder Woman <br />
Mom: Annmarie Fortich<br />
Dad: Alvaro Fortich<br />
Bought online on Zulily <br />
About $30<br />
Parents bought Etsy t-shirts that say Wonder Woman's Mom and Wonder Woman's Dad.<br />
6 years Comic Con as a couple<br />
Annmarie: "I like that they're starting to push more female stuff, although I don't like their outfits. But we don't restrict her to just girls."<br />
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  • Trevor Baker, 28<br />
From Virginia <br />
Pac-Man <br />
Suit $110<br />
Made helmet from styrofoam spheres and painted it<br />
2nd year at NYCC<br />
@trevo_gram<br />
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Danny Ghitis for The New York Times
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  • Fetlife, DireWolf and wolf pack.
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  • Swinginglana, bixexual kinkster, both dominant and submissive.
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  • Fetlife portraits
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  • Gorilla_Bob, erotic photographer and writer into sensual body worship, particularly feet.
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  • Erinhoudini, a rope mistress and anti-escape artist, trans woman activist.
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  • CassandraMoon and Contele, husband and wife involved in theater and into role-play
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  • TheTerribleGirl, submissive into rape role-play
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  • Swinginglana, bixexual kinkster, both dominant and submissive.
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  • RileyKilo, transgender age-player<br />
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Around the time same-sex marriage became legal in New York the idea of complex sexuality seemed to be in the air around me. Fifty Shades of Grey was getting attention, political chatter was everywhere, a dominatrix was interviewed by Terry Gross, and my roommate told me about her fetishist friend studying for a PhD in psychology. Our culture is just beginning to accept sexual identity beyond the traditional male/female roles. This project is a natural response to what I feel is a limited understanding of (or desire to understand) the very complex nature of sexuality in America. I wanted to go further than the "norm" and meet people whose identity is more nuanced than the black and white concepts we are fed daily. <br />
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I started doing research and learned about the vibrant kink community in NYC, including a Facebook-like website called Fetlife.com, which launched in 2008. Not long ago it would have been quite difficult to contact a wide variety of fetishists without scouring the city trying to earn trust. A historically underground community is now meeting online, so I was suddenly granted access to thousands of people that are otherwise hidden. <br />
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The photographs are all taken at the subject's home or personal space. Plenty of documentaries show scenes of sexual deviants at play in dungeons and swinger's clubs, but my intention is to connect the audience to people with different sexual appetites on neutral ground. There may be inherent exoticism in the way some fetishists look, but only because they exist outside of what we perceive as the norm. Many enjoy the anonymity or rebellious culture of fetishes, while others are simply themselves, excited by ideas other than basic sex. By choosing to look at these images I hope people will wrestle with their preconceptions. There are intricacies in our human relationships that kinksters embrace and often exaggerate, giving us a window into pockets of the complex human mind we aren't usually tu
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  • TheBaroness, pansexual dominant diva, latex expert and fashion designer.
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  • Slut Tammy, cross-dressing bisexual alter ego
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  • Japanese_balloons, straight male, interested in all aspects of balloon fetishes.
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  • ZentaiMan206, straight male, cosplay enthusiast.
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  • Alienmaster, gay male, rubber master and role-player.
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  • Dire Wolf, dominant leader of a werewolf pack
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  • BLUNT and MissCouple, sadomasochist sisters and professional mistresses.  And Cadence, a femme-leaning, pancurious, trans woman and cat.
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  • MadeleineMorte and Tinta, married queer couple (now separated). Extreme leather lover and bondage performer, and ex-military with a uniform fetish
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  • Zoe1984, a polyamorous bisexual student interested in the sexual power struggle
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  • RobinWildheart, dominant hedonist, phone sex operator and mistress.
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  • Flowers for Bowie.<br />
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Photomontage from iPhone
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  • Ft. Lauderdale Beach
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  • Ft. Lauderdale Beach
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  • The city earned the nickname "Ft. Liquordale" in the 80s when hundreds of thousands of college students flocked to its shores every March for spring break. Chaos reigned for the whole month with a displaced frat party on steroids. Public urination/nudity/intoxication was the norm, and the quiet residents and retirees has to step aside...These days the city has clamped down on the debauchery, catering toward wealthy tourists by replacing cheap hotels with a skyline of luxury condos. Las Olas Boulevard nearby offers upscale boutiques, art galleries and fine dining. On the beach, Mounted police maintain the strict new regulations, checking IDs for underage drinking and posing a constant reminder of the consequences for bad behavior. ..But many students still return in hopes of reigniting the legend of Ft. Lauderdale beach.
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  • The city earned the nickname "Ft. Liquordale" in the 80s when hundreds of thousands of college students flocked to its shores every March for spring break. Chaos reigned for the whole month with a displaced frat party on steroids. Public urination/nudity/intoxication was the norm, and the quiet residents and retirees has to step aside...These days the city has clamped down on the debauchery, catering toward wealthy tourists by replacing cheap hotels with a skyline of luxury condos. Las Olas Boulevard nearby offers upscale boutiques, art galleries and fine dining. On the beach, Mounted police maintain the strict new regulations, checking IDs for underage drinking and posing a constant reminder of the consequences for bad behavior. ..But many students still return in hopes of reigniting the legend of Ft. Lauderdale beach.
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