Durante más de 40 años, el fotógrafo de origen chileno Camilo José Vergara se ha dedicado a documentar la decadencia urbana de los barrios más deprimidos de Detroit, Baltimore, Camden, Nueva York o Los Ángeles, para capturar la transformación de una fachada concreta, de la esquina de una calle, de una biblioteca y, a través de esa evolución, constatar cómo la desigualdad se muestra en los edificios tanto como en las personas.
A continuación, se presenta una serie de varias de sus fotos de Nueva York:
![65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1978](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1978-2265-East-125th-Street-Harlem.22.jpg)
65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1978
![65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1977](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1977-2265-East-125th-Street-Harlem.22.jpg)
65 East 125th St., Harlem, 1977
![East 167th Street, S. Bronx, 1973](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1973-22East-167th-Street-South-Bronx.22.jpg)
East 167th Street, S. Bronx, 1973
![South Bronx, 1971](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1971-22113-South-Bronx.22.jpg)
South Bronx, 1971
![Garage, Bushwick, Brooklyn, 1971](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1971-22Garage-Bushwick-Brooklyn.22.jpg)
Garage, Bushwick, Brooklyn, 1971
![East Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22East-Harlem.22.jpg)
East Harlem, 1970
![Eagle at Westchester Ave., Bronx 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Eagle-and-Westchester-Avenues-Bronx.22.jpg)
Eagle at Westchester Ave., Bronx 1970
![Lower East Side, Manhattan, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Lower-East-Side-Manhattan.jpg)
Lower East Side, Manhattan, 1970
![1148 Longwood Ave., Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-221148-Longwood-Avenue-Bronx.22.jpg)
1148 Longwood Ave., Bronx, 1970
![Hunts Point, South Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Hunts-Point-South-Bronx.22.jpg)
Hunts Point, South Bronx, 1970
![Boy, Morrisania, S. Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Boy-Morrisania-South-Bronx.22.jpg)
Boy, Morrisania, S. Bronx, 1970
![Avenue C, Lower East Side, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Avenue-C-Lower-East-Side.22.jpg)
Avenue C, Lower East Side, 1970
![Militant display, Window, Bushwick Brooklyn, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Militant-display-window-Bushwick-Brooklyn.22.jpg)
Militant display, Window, Bushwick Brooklyn, 1970
![Lower East Side, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Lower-East-Side-music-shop.22.jpg)
Lower East Side, 1970
![Lower East Side, New York, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Lower-East-Side-Manhattan.22.jpg)
Lower East Side, New York, 1970
![Social club sign, South Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Social-Club-sign-South-Bronx.22.jpg)
Social club sign, South Bronx, 1970
![Hoe Avenue at 172nd St., Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Hoe-Avenue-at-172nd-Street-Bronx.22.jpg)
Hoe Avenue at 172nd St., Bronx, 1970
![View of the World Trade Center under construction from Duane Street, Manhattan, 1970. The homeless man in this image woke up as he was being photographed and asked Vergara to buy him a ham sandwich.](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22View-of-the-World-Trade-Center-under-construction-from-Duane-Street.22.jpg)
Manhattan, 1970
![On the Way to Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22On-the-way-to-Harlem.22.jpg)
On the Way to Harlem, 1970
![South Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22South-Bronx.22.jpg)
South Bronx, 1970
![Bronx River, Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Bronx-River-Bronx.22.jpg)
Bronx River, Bronx, 1970
![Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Lexington-Ave-Harlem.22.jpg)
Black Power Mural, Lexington Ave., Harlem, 1970
![Cadillac Fleetwood, Harlem 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Cadillac-Fleetwood-Harlem.22.jpg)
Cadillac Fleetwood, Harlem 1970
![Fifth Ave. at 110th St. E. Harlem 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Fifth-Ave-at-110th-Street-East-Harlem.22.jpg)
Fifth Ave. at 110th St. E. Harlem 1970
![Puerto Rican Wedding, East Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Puerto-Rican-wedding-East-Harlem.22.jpg)
Puerto Rican Wedding, East Harlem, 1970
![Girls with Barbies, East Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-22Girls-with-Barbies-East-Harlem.22.jpg)
Girls with Barbies, East Harlem, 1970
![East Harlem, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-East-Harlem.jpg)
East Harlem, 1970
![South Bronx, 1970](https://basevarsovia.com/wp-content/uploads/1970-South-Bronx.jpg)
South Bronx, 1970
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