The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 by Klein, Mason
The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 by Klein, Mason

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

An in-depth look at the influential Photo League, whose blend of aesthetics and social activism advanced modern...
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The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 by Klein, Mason

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

$982.29
The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 by Klein, Mason

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

$982.29
Author: Mason Klein
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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An in-depth look at the influential Photo League, whose blend of aesthetics and social activism advanced modern photography

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.

Published in association with The Jewish Museum, New York, and Columbus Museum of Art


Exhibition Schedule:

The Jewish Museum, New York
(11/06/11-03/25/12)

Columbus Museum of Art
(04/19/12-09/09/12)

Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
(10/11/12-01/21/13)

Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach
(03/15/13-06/16/13)



Author: Mason Klein, Catherine Evans
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 12/27/2011
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.27lbs
Size: 11.31h x 9.71w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780300146875


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Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2011
Library Journal 02/15/2012 pg. 101
Choice 04/01/2012

About the Author
Mason Klein is curator at The Jewish Museum, New York. He is the author of Modigliani: Beyond the Myth and Alias Man Ray. Catherine Evans is the William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography at the Columbus Museum of Art.
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