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20TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

February 6th - March 28th

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MID-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS BY SWEDISH PHOTOGRAPHERS December 9 - March 11, 2022

Ozier Muhammad, An usher at the United House of Prayer surrenders to the sound of the gospel, 1994

OZIER MUHAMMAD: EVENTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

September 29 – December 4, 2021

City skyline with the towering Empire State Building in center frame. A dirigible is docked on the left at the highest point of the building.

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: A CELEBRATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS

90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BUILDING June – August 2021

VISUAL COMMUNICATION March – June 2021

Shawn Walker, Untitled, c. 1965

3 POINTS OF VIEW BY KAMOINGE PHOTOGRAPHERS

ANTHONY BARBOZA, BEUFORD SMITH, & SHAWN WALKER November 23, 2020 – February 26, 2021

BEYOND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

AFRICAN AMERICAN PORTRAITS BY CARL VAN VECHTEN June 11 – September 18, 2020

Simpson Kalisher, Untitled, c. 1959. Pedestrians walk horizontally across the frame on a sidewalk across the street from the Bank of New York, seen in the background.

NEW YORK STORIES

VINTAGE POSTWAR PHOTOGRAPHS February 6 – March 27, 2020

Margaret Bourke-White, 'Frank W.' on the Cuyahoga, c. 1929. Small steam ship marked "Frank W." in the water near a dock.

FOUR VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS BY FOURTEEN WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS November 2019 – January 2020

Marvin E. Newman, Chicago, 1950. A boy walks on the sidewalk toward the camera, hands in pockets, with a chewing gum bubble obscuring most of his face.

WAYNE MILLER & MARVIN E. NEWMAN

"THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE NORTHERN NEGRO," 1946-1947 "CHICAGO: THE BLACK MIGRATION NORTH," 1949–1950 September 11–November 9 2019

Nino Migliori, The Diver, 1951. One man jumps over another into the ocean.

June–August 2019

George Platt Lynes, Show Piece, The Ballet Caravan, 1937. Three male figures pose seated on blocks facing left, forward, and right.

GEORGE PLATT LYNES

PORTRAITS, NUDES & DANCE April–May 2019

Wayne F. Miller, Billy Eckstine, 1948. Subject is seated, smiling, at a club table with two other figures. A woman sings on stage in the background.

PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED AFRICAN AMERICANS February–March 2019