Dina Litovskty makes pictures documenting the social interactions of the Meatpacking District in New York City. Recent rapid gentrification has made the Meatpacking District the posh spot for shopping, dining, and more specifically nightlife. Litovsky works mainly in low light, unstaged settings, with moving subjects and multiple sources of bright focused lights. She refrains from using a flash so that she doesn't draw any models attention; her focus is really capture how things genuinely happen in the particular time in history. Litovsky's work describes the dynamics between the sexes and how utterly different they are compared to the daylight hours. Men's eyes trace heavily on the women's in some of the pictures, only giving clues as to the cat calls and come ons that also occurred. She has portrayed the outfits of the women to be an almost uniform, like this is how it should be or the status quo's mindset. One woman in a pink dress looks into a compact under a food truck's harsh light, focused on her outward image, like its the only things that matters. Litovsky's models all seem more random and numerous than significant and individual. I throughly enjoy her work technically and aesthetically. Making pictures in low light settings with fast paced subject is hard, and even with the clear indications of editing and "saving" I'm still impressed. I've personally worked in the Meatpacking district myself and seen first hand the scenes she has captured and she's nailed it entirely. She has this photo on her site that even captures the absurdity of all of the women wearing heels here: the entire place is still paved in cobblestones.
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