2/6/2009

Last night a few friends met over at The Stanton Chapter where the crew was hanging their final show, Before I Die, a photo exhibit by a young photographer named Sean Vegezzi.

At age 12, Vegezzi began as somewhat of a documentarist picking up a camera the days following 9-11, as the destruction occurred only 4 blocks away from his home. Perhaps his way of attempting to understand an event considered incomprehensible. The work in Before I Die are glimpses of his apparent savant like obsession with graffiti in the NYC subway tunnels, and the culture surrounding.

On a side note, he was one of those kid's that makes you say "Whoa, I was nowhere near as cool as him when I was 18."

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The Stanton Chapter presents Before I Die, an exhibition by Sean Vegezzi
February 6, 2009 – March 1, 2009

176 Stanton Street, New York, NY 10002

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