Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

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WestPalmBeach,workingclass,WorldWarII

Exhibition dates: 14th March 16th June 2013

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Conscience of the brave

BradleyManning.
Aslight,bespectacled,intelligentgayman.
Amanwhohasthecourageofhisconvictions.
Herevealedtruthattheheartoftheworldslargestdemocracy.

There is something insidious about the American nation. Not its citizens, not its place, but its
government. This government has perpetrated evil in the name of its people. Think of Iraq and
Afghanistan,invasionsinthenameoffreedom,thesupportofpuppetgovernments,theassassinations,the
militaryadvisorsontheground,theprofitsmade.

Thetorture.Thedeaths.

BradleyManningrevealedallofthisbecausehehasamightymoralcompass.Heknowsrightfromwrong.
Hewasnotafraidtoexposethehypocrisythatformanyyearshasbeaten,unfettered,inthebreastofa
nation.Thehomeofthebraveandthefreeissadlyunderattackfromwithin.Inthenameofitspeople.

Andwhyisthistextrelevanttothisposting?
SoofteninthehistoryofAmerica,dissensionisshutdownbecauseofsomeimaginedmenace,fromwithin
orwithout.Hereanothergroupofpeople(photographersdocumentingAmericansocialconditions)were
persecuted for standing up for social causes, for the freedom to expose injustice where it lives. The
paranoiaofpatriotism.

Marcus

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ManythankxtoTheNortonMuseumofArtforallowingmetopublishthephotographsintheposting.
Pleaseclickonthephotographsforalargerversionoftheimage.

Whenthepersecutionofanindividualwhohasexposedanevilispursuedsoruthlesslyandyettheevilitselfis
studiedlyignored,allofusknowthatthereissomethingverywrongwiththewaythatoursocietyisconducting
itself.And ifwe donotprotestinthe strongesttermsaboutwhatisbeingdone inourname,thenwe become
complicit.

AlanMoore

.
TheUShasshownremarkableenergyinitspursuitofallegedwhistleblowers.Hasitinvestigatedthedeathsof
thoseinnocentcivilianswiththesamevigour?Withanyvigourwhatsoever?And whichwould youconsidera
crime?Toconcealthedeathsofinnocentcivilians,ortorevealthem?Iknowwhatmyanswerwouldbe.

LesBarker

.
To suggest that lives were put in danger by the release of the WikiLeaks documents is the most cynical of
statements.LiveswereputindangerthenightweinvadedthesovereignnationofIraq,anactthathadnothingto
dowithwhattheBradleyManningsofthiscountrysignedupfor:todefendourpeoplefromattack.Itwasawar
basedonacompletelieandliveswerenotonlyputindanger,hundredsofthousandsofthemwereexterminated.
ForthosewhoorganisedthismassacretopointafingeratBradleyManningistheultimateexampleofOrwellian
hypocrisy.

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MichaelMoore

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Private Manningisthe worldspreeminentprisonerof conscience,havingremained true to the Nuremberg
principlethateverysoldierhastherighttoamoralchoice.Hissueringmocksthenotionofthelandofthefree.

JohnPilger

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AlexanderAlland(19021989,bornSevastopol,Ukraine)
Untitled(BrooklynBridge)
1938
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork,
Purchase:WilliamandJaneSchlossFamilyFoundationFund

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LouisStettner(born1922,Brooklyn,NewYork)
ComingtoAmerica
c.1951
GelatinsilverprintTheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:PhotographyAcquisitionsCommitteeFund

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ErikaStone(born1924,Frankfurt,Germany)
LowerEastsideFacade
1947
Gelatinsilverprint
ColumbusMuseumofArt,Ohio,PhotoLeagueCollection
MuseumpurchasewithfundsprovidedbyElizabethM.Ross,theDerbyFund,
JohnS.andCatherineChapinKobacker,andtheFriendsofthePhotoLeague

Stonesadroitcroppingofthisimageemphasizesthecoyupwardgazeofthewomanintheadvertisement,
awayfromthelaundryline(emblemofpoverty),andsuggeststhesocialmobilityofthepostwarera.

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MarvinE.Newman(born1927,Manhattan,NewYork)
Halloween,SouthSide
1951
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:PhotographyAcquisitionsCommitteeFund

MarvinNewman

BorninNewYork;NewmanattendedBrooklynCollege,wherehestudiedsculpturewithBurgoyneDiller
andphotographywithWalterRosenblum.FollowingRosenblumssuggestion,hejoinedthePhotoLeague
in1948,takingclasseswithJohnEbstel.The PhotoLeague,foundedin1936,blazedatrailforserious
photographersfor15years,providingaforumforideas,cheapdarkroomspace,andthevisionofusingthe
art of picture taking to change the world. Newman then attended the Institute of Design, Chicago
(194952),where,afterstudyingwithHarryCallahanandAaronSiskind,hereceivedoneofthefirstMS
degreesinphotography(1952).

Duringthistime,Newmanwonnationalcontests,includingonesponsoredbyAmericanPhotography(1950)
andanotherbyTime,Inc.(1951).Hisworkappearedinthe Alwaysa YoungStrangerexhibitionat the
MuseumofModernArt,NewYork,andinaonemanshowatRoyDeCaravasAPhotographersGallery
(1956).Wellknownasaphotojournalist,NewmanhasbeenamajorcontributortoSportsIllustratedsinceits
inception(1953),aswellastoLife,Look,Newsweek,andSmithsonianmagazines.Inaddition,hehasbeen
thenationalpresidentoftheAmericanSocietyofMagazinePhotographers,authoredorcoauthoredeight
booksonphotography,andreceivedtheArtDirectorsGoldMedalforEditorialPhotography.

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IdaWyman(born1926,Malden,Massachusetts)
Spaghetti25Cents,NewYork
1945
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:PhotographyAcquisitionsCommitteeFund

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ThisItalianrestaurantwasneartheocesofAcmeNewspictures,whereWymanbecamethecompanysfir
femalephotoprinterin1943.Afterthewarshelostherjobattheagency.TheLadiesInvitedsignonthe
windowisareminderofatimewhenunescortedwomenwerenotalwayswelcomeinpublicdiningestablish

IdaWyman

WhenIbeganworkinginthe1940s,fewwomenweredoingmagazinephotographyinafieldthatwas
almostexclusivelymale.AsIprogressedfromboxcameratoSpeedGraphic(myfirstprofessionalcamera),
andthentoaRolleiflex,Istoppedthinkingaboutthemechanicsoffilmspeed,fstops,shutterspeed,and
beganfocusingonsubjectmatterthatinterestedme.Whatinterestedmesomuchwereordinarypeople
and their everyday activities. Early on, I had documented childrens games and unusual architectural
detailsinmyBronxneighborhood.Idecidedtoexpand,togoelsewhere,takingthesubwaytoHarlem,
Chinatown,andlowerManhattan,exploringthoseneighborhoodsandlookingforphotos.

IbecameamemberofthePhotoLeaguein1946.Iconsideredmyselfadocumentaryphotographerandthe
Leaguesphilosophyofhonestphotographyappealedtome.Ialsobegantounderstandthe powerof
photostohelpimprovethesocialorderbyshowingtheconditionsunderwhichmanypeoplelivedand

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worked. Even afterleavingthe League the following year, I continued to emphasize visual and social
realitiesinmystraightforwardphotographs.

BeginningwithmyearliestphotosseeingNewYorkCitywithmyfeet,andinwhateverpartofthecountryI
wasin,Icontinuedmyownwalkabout,learningthearea,engagingmysubject,listening,andrespecting
theirdignity.Thiscontinuedtobemyapproachwhentakingphotos.Myphotographsdepicteddailylifein
Americasmodernmetropolitancenters,includingChicagoandLosAngelesaswellasNewYork.

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AaronSiskind(19031991,bornManhattan,NewYork)
TheWishingTree
1937,printedlater
fromHarlemDocument,193640
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:LillianGordonBequest

.
HarlemslegendaryWishingTree,bringerofgoodfortune,wasonceatallelmthatstoodoutsideatheatera
132ndStreetandSeventhAvenue.Whenitwascutdownin1934BillBojanglesRobinson,thecelebrated
dancer,movedthestumptoanearbyblockandplantedanewTreeofHopebesideittoassumewishgrantin
ApieceoftheoriginaltrunkispreservedintheApolloTheateron125thStreet,whereperformersstilltouch
itforluckbeforegoingonstage.

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SoniaHandelmanMeyer(born1920,Lakewood,NewJersey)
HebrewImmigrationAidSociety
c.1946
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:MimiandBarryJ.AlperininmemoryofMaxAlperin

.
The eorts of the New York
basedHebrewImmigrationAidSociety(HIAS)torescueEuropeanJewsduring
thewarwereseverelyhamperedbyUSimmigrationlaws.Afterthewaritaidedintheresettlementofsome
150,000displacedpersons,including,presumably,thesethree,whomHandelmanMeyerhaschosento
photographincloseup.Sheconveysboththeircommonsueringandtheirindividuality,emphasizing
dierencesinbodylanguageanddress.

SoniaHandelmanMeyer

IfirstheardofthePhotoLeaguefromLouStoumeninPuertoRicoin1942.IwasworkingfortheU.S.
ArmySignalCorpsandLouwaspreparingtojoinYankMagazine.WhenIreturnedtoNewYorkCity,I
walkedupthe ricketystairstoLeague HeadquartersandtookabeginnersclasswithJohnnyEbstel.I
boughtausedRolleicordforaprecious$100,anddaredtogooutonthecitystreetstophotographthelife
around me. Soon the guys began to come back from the war and the heady life of Photo League
workshops,exhibits,lectures,photohunts,andcommitteeassignmentsintensified.Itookeyeheartsoul
openingworkshopswithSidGrossman,workedasthepaid(!)secretaryforayearorso,andworkedon
theLewisHineCommitteeunderMarynnAusubel.

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IphotographedinSpanishHarlem,GreenwichVillage,midtownManhattan,attheHebrewImmigration
AidSociety,atanantilynchingrallyinMadisonSquarePark,ataJehovahsWitnessconventioninYankee
Stadium,andonConeyIsland.Mostly,Iphotographedchildrenandreflectionsofmycityroughedged,
tender,andverybeautifulinitsdiversity.Someofthisworkwasshowninthemajor1949exhibition,Thisis
thePhotoLeague.

TheheartbreakingendoftheLeaguecoincidedwithahugechangeinmypersonallife.Igotmarriedand
myhusbandbegantogotocollegeandwewereoutofNYforawhile.Andthenthebiggestchange:our
ownfamilyarrivedandthejoysofourson,andlaterourdaughter,absorbedmytime.Printsandnegatives
werestashedawayinboxesandIlosttrackofalltheoldfriendsattheLeague.Aftersomanyyearsof
beingintheshadows,youcanimaginemypleasure,at90+yearsofage,tohavemyphotographsoutof
theirboxesandontowallswheretheycanbeseen,thoughtabout,andenjoyedandperhapsagaintake
theirplaceinthehistoryofthePhotoLeague.

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ArthurLeipzig(born1918,Brooklyn,NewYork)
ChalkGames,ProspectPlace,Brooklyn
1950
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:RictaviaSchiBequest

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ArnoldEagle
ChathamSquarePlatform,NewYorkCity
c.1939
Silvergelatinprint

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JoeSchwartz(born1913,Brooklyn,NewYork)
SlumsMustGo!MayDayParade,NewYork
c.1936
Gelatinsilverprint
ColumbusMuseumofArt,Ohio,PhotoLeagueCollection
MuseumPurchasewithfundsprovidedbyElizabethM.Ross,theDerbyFund,JohnS.andCatherineChap
Kobacker,andtheFriendsofthePhotoLeague

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MorrisHuberland(19092003,bornWarsaw,Poland)
UnionSquare,NewYork
c.1942
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:MimiandBarryJ.AlperinFund

TheNortonMuseumofArtsnewestspecialexhibition,The RadicalCamera:NewYorksPhotoLeague,
19361951,isaformidablesurveyoftheLeagueshistory,anditsartistic,cultural,social,andpolitical
significance.OpeningMarch14andonviewthroughJune16,2013,thisstrikingexhibitionincludesnearly
150vintagephotographsfromPhotoLeaguecollectionsattheColumbusMuseumofArt,Ohio,andThe
JewishMuseuminNewYorkCity.

TheexhibitionisorganizedbyMasonKlein,CuratorofFineArtsatTheJewishMuseumandCatherine
Evans,the WilliamandSarahRossSoterCuratorofPhotographyofthe ColumbusMuseumofArt.It
premieredinatTheJewishMuseumin2011toravereviews.TheNewYorkTimescalledTheRadicalCamera
astirringshow,andtheNewYorkPhotoReviewhaileditasnothingshortofsplendid.TheNewYorker
namedtheexhibitiononeofthetop10photographyexhibitionsof2011.TheNortonisthefinalvenueon
theexhibitionstour.

TheexhibitionexploresthefascinatingblendofaestheticsandsocialactivismattheheartofthePhoto
League.Leaguememberswereknownforcapturingsharplyrevealing,compellingmoments fromeveryday

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life.TheLeaguefocusedonNewYorkCityanditsvibrantstreetsashoeshineboy,abrassbandona
bustlingcorner,acrowdedbeachatConeyIsland.Manyoftheimagesarebeautiful,yetharborstrong
socialcommentaryonissuesofclass,race,andopportunity.Theorganizationsmembersincludedsomeof
themostnotedphotographersofthemid20thcenturyW.EugeneSmith,Weegee(ArthurFellig),Lisette
Model,BereniceAbbottandAaronSiskind,tonameafew.

In 1936, a group of young, idealistic photographers, most of them Jewish, firstgeneration Americans,
formedanorganizationinManhattancalledthePhotoLeague.Theirsolidaritycenteredonabeliefinthe
expressivepowerofthedocumentaryphotograph,andonaprogressiveallianceinthe1930sofsocialist
ideasandart.(ThePhotoLeaguealsohelpedvalidatephotographyasafineart,presentingstudentwork
andguestexhibitionsbyestablishedphotographers.)TheRadicalCamerapresentsthedevelopmentofthe
documentary photograph during a tumultuous period that spanned the New Deal reforms of the
Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. Oering classes, mounting exhibitions, and fostering
community,membersofthePhotoLeaguefocusedonsocialreformandthepowerofthephotographto
motivate change. At the height of their influence, their membership included the most important
photographers of their day including Berenice Abbot, Aaron Siskind, Barbara Morgan, Sid Grossman,
Weegee(ArthurFellig),andLisetteModel.Featuringmorethan175worksbytheseartistsaswellasmany
more Photo League members, The Radical Camera traces the organizations interests, attitudestoward
photography,andimpactduringits15yearlifespan.

TheinnovativecontributionsofthePhotoLeagueduringits15yearexistence(19361951)weresignificant.
Asitgrew,theLeaguemirroredmonumentalshiftsintheworldstartingwiththeDepression,through
WorldWarII,andendingwiththeRedScare.Bornoftheworkersmovement,thePhotoLeaguewasan
organization of young, idealistic, firstgeneration American photographers, most of them Jewish, who
believed in documentary photography as an expressive medium and powerful tool for exposing social
problems.ItwasalsoaschoolwithteacherssuchasSidGrossman,whoencouragedstudentstotaketheir
camerastothestreetsanddiscoverthemeaningoftheirworkaswellastheirrelationshiptoit.TheLeague
hadadarkroomforprinting,publishedanacclaimednewslettercalledPhotoNotes,oeredexhibitionspace,
andwasaplacetosocialize.

ThePhotoLeaguehelpedvalidatephotographyasafineart,presentingstudentworkandguestexhibitions
byestablishedphotographerssuchasEugneAtget,HenriCartierBresson,andEdwardWeston,among
others. These aecting black and white photographs show life as it was lived mostly on the streets,
sidewalksandsubwaysofNewYork.Joyandplayfulnessaswellaspovertyandhardshipareinevidence.
Inadditiontotheirurbanfocus,LeaguersphotographedruralAmerica,andduringWorldWarII,took
their cameras to Latin America and Europe. The exhibition also addresses the active participation of
womenwhofoundrareaccessandrecognitionattheLeague.TheRadicalCamera presentstheLeague
withinacritical,historicalcontext.Developmentsinphotojournalismwerecatalyzinganewinformation
erainwhichphotoessayswereappearingforthefirsttimeinmagazinessuchasLifeandLook.Astime
wenton,itssocialdocumentaryrootsevolvedtowardamoreexperimentalapproach,layingthefoundation
forthenextgenerationofstreetphotographers.

In1947,theLeaguecameunderthepallofMcCarthyismandwasblacklistedforitsallegedinvolvement
withtheCommunistParty.Ironically,thePhotoLeaguehadjustbegunanationalcampaigntobroadenits
baseasaCenterforAmericanPhotography.DespitethesupportofAnselAdams,BeaumontandNancy
Newhall,PaulStrand,andmanyothernationalfigures,thisvisionofanationalphotographycentercould
notovercometheRedScare.Asparanoiaandfearspread,thePhotoLeaguewasforcedtodisbandin
1951.TheRadicalCamera:NewYorksPhotoLeague,19361951hasbeenorganizedbyTheJewishMuseum,
NewYork,andtheColumbusMuseumofArt,Ohio.MajorsupportwasprovidedbythePhillipandEdith
LeonianFoundation,theNationalEndowmentfortheArts,andLimitedBrandsFoundation.

PressreleasefromTheNortonMuseumofArtwebsite

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SyKattelson(born1923,Manhattan,NewYork)
Untitled(SubwayCar)
1949
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:ThePaulStrandTrustforthebenefitofVirginiaStevensGift

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JeromeLiebling(UnitedStates,19242011)
ButterflyBoy,NewYork
1949
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork,Purchase:MimiandBarryJ.AlperinFund
EstateofJeromeLiebling

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LeeSievan(19071990,bornManhattan,NewYork)
SalvationArmyLassieinFrontofaWoolworthStore
c.1940
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:HoraceW.GoldsmithFoundationFund

.
Thisisaclassicphotograph.Lookatthetrianglethatformsthecentralpartoftheimage,fromthegirlat
leftlookingwithdisdainatthematriarchsingingthendowntothelookontheorganplayersface.Notice
thegirlatrightcoveringherearssoshecannotheartheracket.Imaginethelegsoftheorganplayergoing
upanddown,pumpingairintotheorgan;andfinallyobservetheshadowofamansfacecapturedby
reflectionintheshopwindowashewalkspastthescene.Magic.

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RosalieGwathmey(19082001,bornCharlotte,NorthCarolina)
ShoutFreedom,Charlotte,NorthCarolina
c.1948
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:GayBlockandMalkaDruckerFundoftheHoustonJewishCommunityFoundation

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Weegee(ArthurFellig)(18991968,bornZloczw,Galicia,nowUkraine)
MaxIsRushingintheBagelstoaRestaurantonSecondAvenuefortheMorningTrade
c.1940
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:JoanB.andRichardL.BarovickFamilyFoundationandBunnyandJimWeinbergGifts

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BernardCole(19111992,bornLondon,England)
ShoemakersLunch
1944
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork,
Purchase:ThePaulStrandTrustforthebenefitofVirginiaStevensGift

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/rebeccalepkovbrokenwindowonsouthstreet1948web.jpg)

RebeccaLepko(American,born1916)
BrokenWindowonSouthStreet,NewYork
1948
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:EstherLeahRitzBequest

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/arthurleipzigideallaundry1946web.jpg)

ArthurLeipzig(born1918,Brooklyn,NewYork)
IdealLaundry
1946
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:EstherLeahRitzBequest

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/consuelokanagawashday1937web.jpg)

ConsueloKanaga(18941978,bornAstoria,Oregon)
Untitled(Tenements,NewYork)
c.1937
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:ThePaulStrandTrustforthebenefitofVirginiaStevensGift

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LeftistpoliticalactivismwasastrongelementinKanagaswork,beginningwithherphotographsofalabor
strikeinSanFranciscoin1934.SheprovidedphotographsforprogressivepublicationssuchasNewMasses,
LaborDefender,andSundayWorker.Underlyingthisformalstudyoftenementlaundrylines(acommon

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

motifinLeagueimagery)isKanagasempathyforthelivingconditionsoftheworkingclass.

(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/20orkinboyjumpingintohudsonriverweb.jpg)

RuthOrkin(19211985,bornBoston,Massachusetts)
BoyJumpingintoHudsonRiver
1948
GelatinsilverprintTheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:HoraceW.GoldsmithFoundationFund

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/solpromdancingschoolharlem1938ewb.jpg)

SolProm(SolomonFabricant)(19061989,bornBrooklyn,NewYork)
Untitled(DancingSchool)
1938
fromHarlemDocument,193640
Gelatinsilverprint
TheJewishMuseum,NewYork
Purchase:HoraceW.GoldsmithFoundationFund

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MaryBruceopenedadancingschoolinHarlemin1937.Forfiftyyearsshetaughtballetandtap,givingfree
lessonstothosewhocouldnotaordthem.HerillustriouspupilsincludedKatherineDunham,NatKing

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Exhibition: The Radical Camera: New Yorks Photo League, 1936-1951... http://artblart.com/2013/06/09/exhibition-the-radical-camera-at-the-nor...

Cole,RubyDee,andMarlonBrando.

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