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Abstract
This article examines the work of four documentary photographers: Gordon Parks, Helen Levitt, Walter Rosenblum and Jerome Liebling. During the late-1930s and 1940s, they photographed, in unique ways, the children and adolescents living in New York City. Their distinctive forms of street photography explore a subterrain of attitudes about child behaviour in an urban environment. The study is based upon interviews conducted by the author and a close examination of the work of the photographers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 119-133 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | History of Photography |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2006 |
Keywords
- urban photography
- representations of children
- New York City
- Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
- Helen Levitt (b. 1918)
- Walter Rosenblum (1919-2006)
- Jerome Liebling (b. 1924)
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'Imaging Urban Youth: New York City in the 1930s/40s'
Alan Rudolph Marcus (Speaker)
29 Jun 2006 → 1 Jul 2006Activity: Attending or organising an event › Attending/organising a Conference