Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Homer Page (1918-1985) was an American documentary photographer whose most famous photographs were taken in New York City in 1949-1950, after he received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation.

Page studied art and social psychology at the University of California, graduating in 1940. He worked in the shipyards in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area during World War II. His neighbor and later his mentor, photographer Dorothea Lange, encouraged him to take up photography in 1944. By 1947, he was featured in a major show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Page received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949 and spent a year documenting modern urban culture, primarily by photographing people on the streets of New York City. Most of his subjects appear unaware of his presence.

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Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

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Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

Amazing Photos That Capture Everyday Life of New York in 1949

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