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Arriving in New York City in 1977, the photographer David Armstrong found himself in the middle of what would prove to be a legendary downtown art scene, and he has the evidence to prove it: Kodachrome portraits of everyone from Jean Michel-Basquiat to John Lurie, driving to the Mudd Club, cutting each other’s hair, passing out, sleeping in. In his newest book, “Night and Day,” Armstrong revisits his archive from the late seventies and early eighties, a selection of which is also on display at downtown’s Half Gallery until July 23rd. Here’s a look.

All photographs courtesy David Armstrong.