(Photo: Courtesy of Hobo Gestapo)

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“I moved here from Sydney last year mostly just to explore a new city. I’m trying to figure out the social groups of the city—see who is friends with whom and how the city works at night. It’s for my own education. I’ve been shooting a lot at Chloe on Wednesday nights, and live gigs at Webster Hall, and I also sometimes try to shoot quite secretly at Beatrice. There are six of us who work on the site; one guy is only 17, so we have to wait until he’s 18 and can legally work. We want to steer clear of taking party pictures and being labeled like that because this is more about documentation. We don’t just toss anything up there; we have a real editing process to create a consistent narrative. I know the name Hobo Gestapo seems like it could be offensive, but it’s not meant to be. It just sounded completely nonsensical, so I went with it.”