Index of Street Performers
TinaKristina
The Act: Singer-songwriter and bass player. TinaKristina has performed in the subways and streets since she arrived in New York in 1991 at seven years old.

Originally From: St. Petersburg, Russia.

Favorite Spot: Union Square Park, but in the subway, too.

Claims To Fame: Former Ford model; appeared in John Taylor's "Feelings Are Good" music video at age 12; her first album, One Body, sold nationally.

Busted: "I get shut down pretty often, two to three times a week. But sometimes the cops buy my album."

On Performing: "After one show someone came up to me and said, 'I still hear your bass.' I said, 'No, no, I think someone is yelling or something.' But then I realized I was hearing it too. Damn, that sound was still alive."

Text and photos by street photographer Joseph O. Holmes