The New York Photo League was a cooperative of photographers in Manhattan from 1936- 1951 who banded together in order to reflect their social and creative views. Although the world… read more →
During the Great Depression, Americans all over the country learned what it was like to live under the poverty line, an experience it had previously reserved for select groups. Business… read more →
New York City: the place to be in the 1930s and 40s, the land of opportunity during the Great Depression and a politically tense period… read more →
New York City in the mid 20th century was densely overpopulated and continuing to grow. The children of immigrants began to move from their parents’ mono-ethnic neighborhoods to more diverse… read more →
Esther Bubley was an American photographer, most well known for her noir style photographs of everyday life. She grew up in a Jewish family in Wisconsin with… read more →
During the latter stages of WWII as well as the immediate years following it, the image of men and women exhibiting intimate relationships and high-spirited expressions was a distinct theme… read more →
The Jewish photographers in New York City’s Photo League transformed street photography into interactive documentary photography. Bubley and Weegee, two famous photographers that nurtured their talents in the League,… read more →
Esther Bubley and Helen Levitt are both born and raised Jewish American photographers. Both artists lived in a time when segregation was a big part of American culture. Although they… read more →
“The desire for social change and a belief in photography as an expressive medium that could mirror social problems and promote social change became the League’s guiding principles,” (Tucker, 8)… read more →
Born in 1890 to Bohemian parents in New York City, Paul Strand was a force in the establishment of photography as an art form. His early modernist work remains to… read more →
