The radical camera : New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

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Label

The radical camera : New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Title remainder

New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Statement of responsibility

Mason Klein and Catherine Evans ; with contributions by Maurice Berger, Michael Lesy, Anne Wilkes Tucker

Creator

• Klein, Mason

Contributor

• Columbus Museum of Art
• Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
• Evans, Catherine

Author

• Klein, Mason
• Evans, Catherine

Subject

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs -- United States
• Fotografie
• Jewish photographers -- New York (State) | New York
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• New York
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Pictorial works
• Catalogues d'exposition
• PHOTOGRAPHY -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Group Shows
• PHOTOGRAPHY -- History
• Photo League
• Photo League
• Photo League -- Exhibitions
• Photo League -- Exhibitions
• Photographie
• Photographie artistique -- Expositions
• Photography
• Photography -- Exhibitions
• Photography -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Photography -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Photography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Photography, Artistic
• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• exhibition catalogs
• k, Exhibition, v, publications
• New York (State) -- New York
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Expositions
• Pictorial works
• exhibition catalogs
• publications
• Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition

Language

eng

Summary

"Artists in the Photo League, active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life. Their focus centered on New York City and its vibrant streets--a newsboy at work, a brass band on a bustling corner, a crowded beach at Coney Island. Though beautiful, the images harbor strong social commentary on issues of class, child labor, and opportunity. The Radical Camera explores the fascinating blend of aesthetics and social activism at the heart of the Photo League, tracing the group's left-leaning roots and idealism to the worker-photography movement in Europe. Influenced by mentors Lewis Hine, Berenice Abbott, and Paul Strand, artists in the Photo League worked within a unique complex comprising a school, a darkroom, a gallery, and a salon, in which photography was discussed as both a means for social change and an art form. The influence of the Photo League artists on modern photography was enormous, ushering in the New York School. Presenting 150 works of the members of the Photo League alongside complementary essays that offer new interpretations of the League's work, ideas, and pedagogy, this beautifully illustrated book features artists including Margaret Bourke-White, Sid Grossman, Morris Engel, Lisette Model, Ruth Orkin, Walter Rosenblum, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, and Weegee, among many others"--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography