Man asleep on blanket with tiny telephone, New Jersey. 1965.
“In the early 1960s, the transistor radio became a popular way of playing music, news, and programs. Within a couple of years, the s (...)
hape of the radios morphed from a small rectangle to looking like cigarette boxes, bowling balls, sci-fi blobs, and other corny and kitschy forms.
While out for a walk along the Hudson River in Palisades Park, I came across this sleeping beauty—in the middle of the path no less—with the sounds of the top ten squeaking out of his telephone-shaped radio. Such innocence!”
- Joel Meyerowitz
Copyright © Joel Meyerowitz; Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York