2. Cherry Tavern, East Village
The new book features a foreword by Rosie Schaap, author of Drinking with Men, where she illustrates what Daniel’s photographs reveal about bar culture. An afterword by art historian Suzaan Boettger examines the aesthetic qualities of Daniel’s images. The off-hours lighting captured in every photo lends a myerstious air to the spaces, whether its the red glow of an exit sign mixing with the first rays of sunlight, or multicolored string lights above the bar twinkling with the streetlamps outside the window. Chairs usually filled with rowdy patrons stacked atop the bar or neatly sitting empty let us know we’re looking into a space that is rarely seen. Above, you can see an empty pool table at Cherry Tavern, a dive on East 6th Street.
