Main entry:

Klein, Mason, author.

Title & Author:

The radical camera : New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 / Mason Klein and Catherine Evans ; with contributions by Maurice Berger, Michael Lesy, Anne Wilkes Tucker.

Publication:

New York, New York : The Jewish Museum, [2011]
New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2011]
©2011.

Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Issued in connection with the exhibition, organized by The Jewish Museum and the Columbus Museum of Art, held at the Jewish Museum, New York, November 4, 2011-March 25, 2012, and at three institutions at later dates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Of politics and poetry: the dilemma of the Photo League / Mason Klein -- Man in the mirror: Harlem document, race and the Photo League / Maurice Berger -- As good as the guys: the women of the Photo League / Catherine Evans -- Paper world / Michael Lesy -- Rashomon reading / Anne Wilkes Tucker.

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.

Resources:
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780300146875 (alk. paper)
0300146876 (alk. paper)

Subject:

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

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303884
Call No.: BIB 210458
Status: Available