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Private archive

The Archive

4 records on the table

An unlisted, working archive. Each cat documented by name, store, and neighborhood, with the photographer credited and the story kept on file.

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The index

4 entries

Mimi, a calico bodega cat, standing in the aisle of a Carroll Gardens bodega and looking at the camera
No. 001Brooklyn

Mimi

Carroll Gardens

Pancha sitting on a shelf surrounded by store supplies at Clinton Fruit Market
No. 002Manhattan

Pancha

Hell's Kitchen

Oreo the polydactyl bodega cat in Park Slope
No. 003Brooklyn

Oreo

Park Slope

Luna the tuxedo bodega cat sitting on the register in Fort Greene
No. 004Brooklyn

Luna

Fort Greene

Access

Invite-only, and that's on purpose.

It's not linked anywhere public, but nothing here is a placeholder. Every entry keeps the cat, the store, the photographer, and the sponsor status in one place.

Contributor circle

Photographers in the archive

Archive contributor

Gulce Kilkis

Book and archive photography across New York City bodegas. Credit stays attached to the record and to future paid licensing, exhibition, or print opportunities.

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Selected photographers can apply for future BCNY archive visits.

How the archive is built

Documented one Bodega Cat Visit at a time.

A photographer visits confirmed bodega cats in one neighborhood, with the owner's permission. The stills become archive entries. Sponsors fund the visits; photographers keep their credit.

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