▁next ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁she ▁produced ▁around ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁photograph s . ▁ ▁Aust en ' s ▁subject ▁was ▁daily ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁New ▁York . ▁She ▁documented ▁upper ▁middle - class ▁society ▁on ▁St aten ▁Island ▁and ▁lower - class ▁people ▁living ▁in ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Lower ▁East ▁Side . ▁Her ▁images ▁of ▁imm igr ants ▁showed ▁" a ▁hes it ancy ▁and ▁curiosity ▁experienced ▁by ▁both ▁photograph er ▁and ▁subject ." ▁ ▁House hold ▁By ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁her ▁uncle ▁O sw ald ▁was ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁household ▁and ▁the ▁family ▁had ▁two ▁servants : ▁K atherine ▁W ert z ▁( 1 8 5 7 - ? ); ▁and ▁Const ance ▁R asm ust h ▁( 1 8 7 6 - ? ). ▁They ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁cook , ▁Mary ▁Mc Donald ▁( 1 8 7 3 - ? ). ▁ ▁Ger tr ude ▁Am elia ▁T ate ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁Aust en ▁met ▁Ger tr ude ▁Am elia ▁T ate ▁( 1 8 7 1 – 1 9 6 2 ), ▁a ▁kind erg arten ▁teacher ▁and ▁dan cing ▁instruct or ▁of ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York . ▁She ▁became ▁Aust en ' s ▁lif el ong ▁rom antic ▁partner . ▁Ger tr ude ▁visited ▁Alice ▁regularly ▁and ▁they ▁spent ▁hol id ays ▁together ▁in ▁Europe . ▁She ▁moved ▁in ▁with ▁Alice ▁at ▁Clear ▁Com fort ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁overrid ing ▁her ▁family