With a career spanning more than four decades, Vergara was awarded the 2012 National Humanities Medal for his work.
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Hoe Avenue at 172nd Street, Bronx
Hunts Point, South Bronx
Lexington Ave, Harlem
His images of life in New York during the 1970s is a reminder of how much the city has evolved.
East 167th Street, South Bronx
Lower East Side, Manhattan
1148 Longwood Avenue, Bronx
113 South Bronx
Garage, Bushwick, Brooklyn
East Harlem
Boy, Morrisania, South Bronx
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