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291 is the commonly known name for an internationally famous art gallery that was located in Midtown Manhattan at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City from 1905 to 1917. . Originally called the "Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession", the gallery was established and managed by photographer Alfred S
The best photographs, according to New York Times art critic Charles Hagen, contained the "simple geometries of urban architecture" in a "simple elegance"; Hagen thought Webb's New York City photographs were his best. [4] In 1946, he had his first solo exhibition of his photographs at the Museum of the City of New York.
How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. The photographs served as a basis for future "muckraking" journalism by exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle classes. They ...
Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas. They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas.
#4 In 1910, In New York, The United States, A Photographer Took A Photo Of Four Little Girls. Blessings To People A Hundred Years From Now Image credits: Historical Images
Percy Loomis Sperr (P.L. Sperr) (1890–1964) was an early 20th century New York City photographer. He is most widely known for his street photography of New York City that was done under contract for the New York Public Library from the early 1920s until the early 1940s. [ 1 ]
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
James Reuel Smith (1852–1935) was an American photographer and amateur historian who worked in the late 19th century to early 20th century.He was known for his documentary photographs of historical springs and wells in New York City before they were buried beneath the concrete of the rapidly growing city.