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Person Place Thing with photographer Sylvia Plachy

Sylvia Plachy
Sylvia Plachy

When photographer Sylvia Plachy moved to New York in 1973, "The Village Voice" was at the center of downtown life, and her weekly photographs were at the center of the Voice, capturing not just how things looked but how they felt. Today? “Now I’m in my seventies, and I no longer have a community.” A conversation on art and aging.

You can hear the full episode at personplacething.org.