Monday, May 18, 2009


i'm sure you've all seen it already but one of my favorite series i've come across is called The Ninth Floor. It was born when Jessica Dimmock spent three years documenting the happenings of a ninth floor apartment on fifth ave in manhattan. during that time (circa 2004) there were anywhere from twenty to thirty heroine addicts living there.

i almost want to call it a character study but it's more than that. the suspension of reality we find in characters is lost here and dimmock is able to catch an almost anthropological study. it's erie and a bit jarring but it is real. the surrealness of the life you can see in these dead faces never ceases to capture my intrest



here is a good selection and interview

BUT

here is the whole series