"People over 50 generally have an image of New York City from the late 70’s and early 80’s when crime was rampant and the city was filthy and covered in a different sort of monotone graffiti than you often see today. This was the city of Charles Bronson movies–Death Wish in the South Bronx. This was a city of stark contrasts between the homeless begging in the streets and women from the upper East side society ladies wearing fur coats, oblivious and insluated from the near chaos around them. Photographer Richard Sandler’s record of the streets of NY during this time period are seminal and instructive for younger people whose only experience of NY is as a clean, well-lighted and low crime place. 'You are recording your time. You are looking for trends,' says Sandler. 'If you are in the street, you see it. You see everything on the street.'" http://blog.blendimages.com/2014/06/ "Street photographer Richard Sandler came into his own through a path that was as distinctive as his work. ... Sandler observes, “I love dogs. From the day I started photography, I was always photographing dogs. Early on, I was aware of Elliott Erwitt’s work, and Garry Winogrand’s photographs, in particular The Animals. "I like how dogs mirror people and the human condition. They also provide comic relief. My (non dog) photographs tend to be rather chewy, truth-telling affairs, that often ask socio-political questions. But with making dog pictures it was always about having fun." http://glitteratiincorporated.com/blogs/the-click/16106764-richard-sandler-street-photographer "You won’t see Sandler on the streets much anymore. He feels cell phones have robbed photographers of their subjects. “There is nothing more boring, nothing more nondescript and vacant than a person on a cell phone walking down the street. They seem to be out of the game,” Sandler says. “People are walking around in bubbles.” http://time.com/3779450/richard-sandlers-80s-when-greed-was-good/ undefined

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