Unto DustOn a cool February day, 20 years ago, Greg Miller asked a New Yorker why they were wearing ashes on their forehead. Fascinated by the juxtaposition of the ancient ritual against the backdrop of contemporary New York City, Miller began documenting Ash Wednesday every year using his large format 8 by 10 inch view camera. Unto Dust showcases over 40 of Millers portraits of workers, business people, tourists and other New Yorkers on the first day of Lent

Starting in 1989

Her contribution to the time capsule was a portrait taken in an apartment in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles

portraits of lovers

it provides another point of entry

published here in its entirety and including newly discovered

he traveled to the region another five times

no-holds-barred guided tour of life in his adopted city

destruction and reconstruction across multiple cities and its surrounding towns

Is a bat loose in the house a symbol

artists and cultural leaders in attendance were Ellsworth Ausby

Structured as a traveling reading room

many of which have never before been seen