i was not a cool kid from the city, living in the east village like most of my young colleagues right out of school. i was a dopey kid living with her parents in the bronx. my hipness factor was extremely low. i didn’t encounter any real issues as a minority, though i was always the one people called on for ‘another’ point of view. —gail anderson about her experience studying at the school of visual arts

Image form Gail Anderson’s collection of New York city type.