For months, on her way to the laundry mat, Melissa Kirschenheiter passed a barbershop in New York’s Harlem area. She noticed barbers and customers drinking beer and listening to music and was intrigued.
“It felt like a dance club,” Kirschenheiter said. “It did not feel like a barbershop.”
After asking permission to photograph the shop and its clients, Kirschenheiter began a two-year project, visiting that shop and others for half-hour increments on Friday and Saturday night.
Saw this wonderful blog post about Harlem barbershops on CNN. I rarely reblog other folks contents. However, the photos by Photographer Melissa Kirschenheiter are so wonderful, I had to share here. Enjoy!
