Brenda Hall
Through the Promenade
Technically, I make sure that all the bags go correctly in the garbage cans. The purpose of the sidewalk sales is that they can showcase the stores merchandise to people. I try to think of different names for what I do other than street cleaning. Community outreach? Our old title used to be ambassadors. Not only did we clean, we were also helpful to businesses. This is why my shirt says community improvement. Sometimes I find interesting things in the garbage. You know about a person because of the garbage. I found money. We find valuable things sometimes.
About the artist
I am a transgender person. I have been working in Jamaica, Queens, for five years. I started in 2011. I used to live over here, in Jamaica, for one year, from 2011 to 2012. Now I live in the city. I have a friend who lives in the Lower East Side. I am from the Bronx.
Photos: Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful
Through the Promenade
Technically, I make sure that all the bags go correctly in the garbage cans. The purpose of the sidewalk sales is that they can showcase the stores merchandise to people. I try to think of different names for what I do other than street cleaning. Community outreach? Our old title used to be ambassadors. Not only did we clean, we were also helpful to businesses. This is why my shirt says community improvement. Sometimes I find interesting things in the garbage. You know about a person because of the garbage. I found money. We find valuable things sometimes.
About the artist
I am a transgender person. I have been working in Jamaica, Queens, for five years. I started in 2011. I used to live over here, in Jamaica, for one year, from 2011 to 2012. Now I live in the city. I have a friend who lives in the Lower East Side. I am from the Bronx.
Photos: Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful