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Walkers in the city : Jewish street photographers of midcentury New York

Title
Walkers in the city : Jewish street photographers of midcentury New York / Deborah Dash Moore.
Author
Moore, Deborah Dash, 1946-
Publication
  • Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Description
xi, 290 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
"Explores the distinctive urban vision of working-class Jewish photographers in midcentury New York. The work of Jewish photographers at the New York Photo League not only created an archive of vernacular images of city streets but also a distinctive tradition of street photography"--
Subject
  • Photo League > History
  • Photo League
  • 1900-1999
  • Street photography > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  • Jewish photographers > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  • Photographie de rue > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • Photographes juifs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Street Photography
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
  • Jewish photographers
  • Street photography
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • photographs.
  • History
  • Photographs.
  • Photographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Reframing New York -- Toward a New York Document -- Looking -- Letting Go -- Going Out -- Waiting -- Talking -- Selling -- Epilogue: A New York Family Album.
ISBN
  • 9781501768477
  • 1501768476
LCCN
2022023459
OCLC
  • on1342784700
  • 1342784700
  • SCSB-14630640
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library