The Hipster Hunt

In which French journalism student Lorena Galliot goes to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, spends a week, observing the hipsters in their natural environment and documenting them.

When Lorena arrived to New York City from France last August, she'd never heard of hipsters. And when she asked, she got vague, often contradictory responses: Hipsterism is a lifestyle. No, it's an attitude. No, it's a pseudo-attitude. Hipsters are penniless creative types. No, they’re just rich kids pretending to be. Hipsters are environmentally conscious. No, they pose as tree-huggers but shop at Wal-Mart.

She was confused.

This video attempts to de-code the hipster for the clueless foreigner, like Lorena. In this piece, she invites viewers along for the journey as she hunts for the meaning of the term "hipster." This quirky piece takes viewers around the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where they are guided by an "accidental hipster" blogger. It also incorporates the voices of the Journalism School's own Prof. David Hajdu, as he delves into the term’s jazzy origins.

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