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Kristin Gates captures the cold truth about Polar Bears
For over a month in late winter on the Coney Island Boardwalk, Kristin Gates met with her Projects in Advanced Style and Media class for Sunday breakfast at Tom’s coffee shop. She and her classmates then went out shooting. They were there to photograph members of the storied Coney Island Polar Bear Club. “The ‘Bears’ come from…
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Polar Bear sighting at Coney Island
To start the New Year shuttering, photography instructor Curtis Willocks takes his photo club to Coney Island on New Year’s day. There another club meets: It’s the Polar Bears‘ yearly pilgrimage and first swim of the New Year. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s…