Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen

When: Saturday, June 7, 2025, 1:00pm
Price: General Admission $15 | Members $10
book cover with four women next to a photo of a woman in a blue sweater

Join us for a conversation about the extraordinary life of a pioneering woman photographer with author Bonnie Yochelson as she discusses her latest book, Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the Museum Shop, and attendees will have the opportunity to get their copies signed at the event.


About the Author:

Formerly Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York, Bonnie Yochelson is an independent art historian and curator. She has organized exhibitions and published books on Jacob Riis, Alfred Stieglitz and Berenice Abbott, among others. She taught in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, for 30 years. 

Yochelson was awarded a Robert D.L. Gardiner Writing Fellowship by The Gotham Center, CUNY Graduate Center for TOO GOOD TO GET MARRIED. She received the full cooperation of Alice Austen House and Historic Richmond Town, which lent generous financial and staff support to the project. 


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General Admission $15, Members $10

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Accessibility: Assistive listening devices are available and our auditorium wheelchair lift can accommodate manual and motorized wheelchairs (max. capacity 500 lbs). Please contact the Museum at 917.492.3333 or info@mcny.org with any questions.

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