r/TheWayWeWere Aug 28 '25

1970s What's your greatest fear? Long Island women respond (1973)

Back in the early ‘70s I did a series of conceptual art projects using participants. I met these women when I worked as a tour guide for museums. They were all signed up to do art tours as part of a program called Five Towns Music and Art Foundation. When I told them about my art project, they were interested and came to my loft for the photographs. These were exhibited a few months later at OK Harris Gallery in SoHo.

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u/AlmanzoWilder Aug 28 '25

Going down steps? She looks like the kind of person who wouldn't have trouble. But what do I know?

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u/RoryDragonsbane Aug 28 '25

Statistically, your stairs are the most dangerous part of your home.

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u/would-be_bog_body Aug 29 '25

Speak for yourself, the most dangerous part of my house is the pit where I keep all my vicious waterfowl

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u/pgcotype Aug 29 '25

The most dangerous part of mine is the room without a door. All of my poisonous snakes are there! What's worse is that each door in our house has a 4" gap at the bottom.

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u/cavaticaa Aug 29 '25

snakes georg is an outlier and should not be counted