Design

Every Single Bodega in Manhattan, Photographed

Artist Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata walked the whole borough to document each instance of this cultural institution.
Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata

When Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata was a student teacher at an art education program in the Lower East Side, she had a long walk from the subway station to school. To keep herself from becoming bored, she would explore a different route everyday. And everyday, she would go to a different bodega and try the coffee.

It was a simple routine, a daily hunt for the cheapest and best caffeine near school. But as the weeks passed, Quagliata began to take note of a distressing trend.