Marcia Resnick

About The Author

Marcia Resnick was and remains the memory of the New York City downtown scene of 1977 to 1982, living the life even as she chronicled it. "Men are always photographing women," explains Resnick. “It is about time for a woman to photograph men.” Her photographs of the “enfants terribles” reflect this unique time in the worlds of jazz, rock and roll, literature, art, and film — an era that remains highly influential. She lives in New York City.

Books by Marcia Resnick

Punks, Poets & Provocateurs

New York City Bad Boys, 1977–1982

By Marcia Resnick
“The people from the extraordinary New York milieu amongst whom I was living and working had no way of knowing that the years between 1977 and 1982 were enchanted, endangered, and unrepeatable,” explains photographer Marcia Resnick. It was a time and place populated by icons, iconoclasts, and ant...
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