Photographer Brings Dominican Cave Art to Streets of Northern Manhattan

Photographer Brings Dominican Cave Art to Streets of Northern Manhattan

September 21, 2011 7:39pm | By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

UPPER MANHATTAN — Daniel DuVall used to sell his photos outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side when visiting New York, but sitting alongside rows of other vendors and artists soon grew stale.

But in Northern Manhattan, vendors selling unique paintings and photography are rare, which is why DuVall’s presence in Inwood and Washington Heights has immediately stirred up interest.

DuVall’s work features images of cave drawings found in the depths of caves in the Dominican Republic, where he moved about a decade ago after vacationing at his sister’s home.

“It gets kind of boring in one spot,” he said of vending on Museum Mile. “So I thought, ‘why not try Washington Heights, there are Dominicans there, maybe they would be interested.'"

Indeed, people originally from the Dominican Republic and uptowners intrigued by the idea of owning a slice of pre-Columbian history (before Christopher Columbus came to the island), trickled by his stand outside Fort Tryon Park on Dyckman Street and Broadway over the weekend.

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