Artist Statement – Franck Bohbot: Coney Island has always felt like a border between the real and the imagined. When I first stepped off the Q train and smelled the salt in the air, I understood it not just as a place, but as a stage — where generations of New Yorkers have performed summer rituals, flirted with illusion, and brushed up against the surreal. I was drawn to its colors, its ghosts, its textures — the way the light falls on a deserted ride at dusk or how a hot dog stand can seem like a monument. This series is not about nostalgia, exactly, but about that tension between memory and transformation. I photographed Coney Island as a place suspended between eras: part dream, part ruin, and still entirely alive. In its peeling paint and candy-colored glow, I found a strange kind of hope — a melancholy joy that is uniquely American. Coney Island is not what it was, and maybe it never was what we remember. But it still tells us something true.
Wonder Wheel by Night
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Wonder Wheel #1, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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It'Sugar, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Snowy City Glow, Coney Island, 2020
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Winter in Coney Island, 2020
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Nathan's Delicatessen, 2020
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Arcade, Coney Island, 2020
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Carousel in Snow, Coney Island
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Winter Parachut Jump
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Winter Coaster, Coney Island
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Nathan's World Famous, 2020
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Welcome to Coney Island
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Winter at Luna Park
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Parachut Jump #2, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2014
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Coney Island Circus Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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La Casa de la Pina, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Track Derby, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Untitled, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Tom's Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Ruby's, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Feed The Clown, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Steeplechase, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Wonder Thrills, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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5D Cinema, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Art Wall, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Museum, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Coney Island Beach Shop #2, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Ghost Bus, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Wonder Wheel #2, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Welcome to Wonder Wheel, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Parachut Jump #2, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2014
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Luna Park night, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Spinning Top, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Inside Luna Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Cyclone #2, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Cyclone Cafe', Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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FB_LastStopConeyIsland_019
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The wall, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Luna Park Entrance, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Grimaldi's, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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NYPD Police, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Cyclone, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Paul's Daughter, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Hut, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Luna Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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Kids Playground, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA,2013
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Parachut Jump #1, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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PTB BAR, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Scream Zone, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Soarin' Eagle, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Hot Dog Eating Contest, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Tables, Nathan, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Coney Island Beach Shop, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
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Nathan #1, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013
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