Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program June 5, 2011

This exhibition documents an innovative NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene program, made possible by a grant by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund in the Spring of 2008, that provides underserved communities access to fresh fruits and vegetables via hundreds of independently owned, mobile produce stands known as Green Carts. The exhibition features new photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile, Will Steacy and Shen Wei, who were commissioned by the Aperture Foundation and the Illumination Fund to chronicle the initiative over the course of a year. The resulting photographs, in styles ranging from portraiture to landscape to street photography, capture not only the carts themselves, but also the stories of the vendors, customers and their communities.