(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1926 - 2016)
1952
Silver gelatin print
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.3 x 40.1 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of Bruce and Silke Winter-Silverstein
2023.10.1
Owned by Bruce Silverstein / Frank Paulin Archive
12 black and white photographs, all but one are from the 1950s. Most of the images are street scenes of people in New York City. His work can be compared to the photography of Walker Evans, Vivian Maier and Arthur Leipzig. His street photography practice combined photo-journalism, social documentary photography and modernism to explore life on the streets in major cities.