A tale of two New York Cities - in pictures
A pair of mid-20th-century photography exhibitions portray the extremes of life in the Big Apple. While Cecil Beaton’s work chronicles his frolics shooting stars and socialites,
Marlene Dietrich in New York, 1937 by Cecil Beatonshots from the New York Photo League’s archives document groups of people Beaton snootily overlooked.
Slums Must Go! May Day Parade, New York, c. 1936 by Joe Schwartz
Cecil Beaton: The New York Years is at the Museum of the City of New York (now thru Feb. 20, 2012)
The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951 is at the Jewish Museum (now thru March 25, 2012)
(via Guardian UK)
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