Major Exhibition of 1940s and '50s' Street Photography Opens in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI.- A unique and pivotal moment in American history will be explored in "Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography 1940-1959", on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum January 30 through April 25, 2010. The exhibition, which showcases urban street photography from the 1940s and ‘50s, provides new insight into a time when the photographic medium and American society were both at a cultural crossroads.

With more than 100 images, the exhibition focuses on the work of six important photographers. Among the highlights are Lisette Model’s unflinching look at the cacophony of the urban environment; Louis Faurer’s empathetic portraits of eccentrics in Times Square; Ted Croner’s haunting night images; Saul Leiter’s glimpses of elusive moments; William Klein’s graphic, confrontational style; and Robert Frank’s documentation of American ideals gone awry.

The exhibition also includes work by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, W. Eugene Smith, Helen Levitt and Weegee, among others, to demonstrate how the photographers were influenced by documentary photography and photojournalism, but ultimately differed from their predecessors and contemporaries.

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