Gowanus' photostream  

I am a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and film festival programmer. I photograph industry and abandonment in urban spaces, and publish two new photo essays a month at kensinger.blogspot.com

My photography has been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, New York Magazine, New York Sun, and online at Gothamist, Curbed, Brownstoner and the Village Voice. My photographs have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, the Brooklyn Library and at various galleries.

My documentaries include "Covered Tracks" - which was based on my photographs of The Freedom Tunnel in Manhattan, which once housed an underground homeless city. "Covered Tracks" screened at festivals around the world, incuding Slamdance, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Rooftop Films, the Boston Underground and the Black Maria Film Festival. More information on my films can be seen here.

To learn more about my work, read "Have Camera, Will Trespass, on Brooklyn's Waterfront" in the New York Times, "Nathan Kensinger, Photographer" at Gothamist, and "Urban Photographer Nathan Kensinger Knows NYC's Best Rooftops, Toxic Industrial Canals, and Dive-Bar Bathrooms" at the Village Voice.

For questions, prints, exhibition information and to gain permission to use or publish my images in any way, contact: thegowanus[at]yahoo[dot]com

The photograph above is a portrait of me taken by Nate Dorr, aka Mercurialn on Flickr.

All of my photos are protected by copyright:
© 2012 by Nathan Kensinger