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William Gedney: Photographs and Writings
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From the mid 1950s through the early 1980s, William Gedney (1932-1989) photographed throughout the United States, in India, and in Europe. From the commerce of the street outside his Brooklyn apartment to the daily chores of unemployed coal miners, from the indolent lifestyle of hippies in Haight-Ashbury to the sacred rituals of Hindu worshippers, Gedney was able to record the lives of others with remarkable clarity and poignancy. These photographs, along with his notebooks and writings, illuminate the rare vision of an intensely private man who, as a writer and photographer, was able to reveal the lives of others with striking sensitivity. Included here are selections from Gedney's finished prints, work prints, contact sheets, notes, notebooks, handmade photographic books, book dummies, and correspondence.
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Photography, Artistic.
Gedney, William, d. 1989 -- Photograph collections
Gedney, William, d. 1989 -- Literary collections
Gedney, William, d. 1989 -- Photograph collections
Gedney, William, d. 1989 -- Literary collections
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1950-1969
1970-1999
1970-1999
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