Working

Michael Spano
Untitled [Man in street on phone, Police Plaza near Canal Street], 1994
Gelatin silver print
2020.10.593
Michael Spano has made New York City the constant subject of his work over a long career, while exploring the possibilities of the medium, from print solarization to collage. This photograph exemplifies Spano’s keen observational eye and attention to composition, with repeating patterns and visual dichotomy produced through light and shadow. Several other examples of work by this artist are on also on view in this gallery, including photographs from the series “Auto Portraits” and “Splits.”
 

Joseph Maida
Pizza Delivery, 2002
Chromogenic development print
2020.10.261
 

Bruce Davidson
Square Riggers, South Street Seaport, 1996
Gelatin silver print
2020.10.59
 

Robert E. Mates
Double-header, 1958
Gelatin silver print
2020.10.265
 

John Albok
96th Street Madison Avenue, NYC, W.P.A. Workers and “Little Friend”, 1946
Gelatin silver print
2020.10.3

John Albok came to the United States from Hungary in 1921. He worked for much of his life as a tailor in a shop at 96th Street and Madison Avenue living above the shop with his family. He actively photographed his neighborhood over several decades, until his death in 1982. Many of Albok’s best-known photographs were created during the Great Depression, including this image of workers from the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) engaged in repair work outside Albok’s shop.

William Gordon Shields
Flag Day, 1917
Gelatin silver print
2020.10.561

Mitch Epstein
Untitled [New York City #21], 1997
Chromogenic development print
2020.10.115

Andu Novac
Untitled [N.Y.P.D.], 2003
Archival pigment print
2020.10.287