In the 1970s, documentary photographer Jill Freedman, now 75, embedded herself with New York City firefighters and police officers, capturing the grit, humor, and humanity of those individuals and others she encountered in her travels through the hidden narratives of Manhattan. NYC’s Steven Kasher Gallery has a show of Freedman’s work opening September 17 and CNN interviewed the photographer about her life behind the lens.
“I wanted to tell stories, and if nobody would send me,” she said, “I would just go.”
