𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 It started like many stories, quite innocently, at a street fair. A young man walked over to our table, and after examining our display, engaged us with questions for some preliminary work for a new movie. He was interested in our archives – particularly those featuring Queens in the 1920s. He also mentioned that he was heading down to Princetown University, the following day, to investigate the F. Scott Fitzgerald papers. Its title – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐛𝐲! After purchasing two of our books, “Postcards of Long Island City”’ and the “Queensboro Bridge” both rich with images from the 1920s, the Gatsby era, he suggested we reach out to his team’s leader, an Art Director, in Australia. That evening we followed his suggestion. After an exchange of introductory emails, he asked if we would be interested in joining the team being assembled for a “Great Gatsby” remake led by the legendary film producer Baz Luhrman. They offered fees and - even more importantly – special mention in the credits at film’s end. We had already read the book (required reading by many high schools) and watched an earlier film in the 1970s (five versions were made over the years). We felt strongly that we were in an ideal position – to bridge authentic images dating from the time the book was written – to the cinematography of standards of today. We immediately agreed. We took a deep breath and opened direct contact with the film crew in Australia. At no time did we ever directly talk – all communication was via email. Despite working on opposite ends of the planet, and different time zones, communication was always on target. 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 ... (fb)

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