LaGuardia Community College commercial photography students have captured a panoply of small business workers--the auto repairman, the jeweler, the furniture maker, the hot dog vendor--whose businesses make up the fabric of this Queens neighborhood and serve as the economic engines that drive the borough’s economy. Armed with view cameras, digital and film cameras, 29 aspiring student photographers knocked on the doors of small businesses offering to take portraits of their workers for "LIC Works" a photography exhibition at the College.

Aehee Kang
Amanda Guillot
Angelina Henry
Christopher Deleon
Colin Pearce
Cristal Hernandez
Daniese Betito
Elias Williams
Elisa No Kim
Euysun Choi
Freddy Martinez
Gowun Lee
Herve Diese

Jason Owen
Jun Li
Lidiya Kan
Shohei Miyachi
Magdalena Berceanu
Marcella Cussolin
Masato Kuroda
Olga Cherkasova
Patricio Faican
River Soma
Sebastian Loaysa
Sharone Poole
Sirrod Crippen
Susan Bibula
Yosuke Terada
Young Kyu Park