Best New York Photography Museums
International Center of Photography Museum
79 Essex St, New York, NY 10002
281 Park Ave South/22nd
New York, NY 10010
11 West 53 Street, Manhattan
New York, NY
Street Photography
Street photography represents candid scenes on the streets or in any public place that tell a story. The below quote from the 1952 World Book Encyclopedia says it best:
"Photography is communication. As in written and spoken language, there are certain rules and standards in photography. What we say with our camera is important. But it is also important that we say it well. In photography as in writing, we may express the true or false, the good or the bad."
“Since I’m inarticulate, I express myself with images,”. Helen Levitt
"New York has become ridiculously expensive, but the New York I was photographing in was very inexpensive." Richard Sandler
"You have to evolve on your own.” Berenice Abbott
Manhattan 1945 YouTube video.
Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment hub of the world. The word "Manhattan" originates from a Munsee Lenape native American language word that means "place for gathering wood to make bows". In the old days Manhattan had a lot of hickory wood. My guess is that today Manhattan is not good place to find wood to make bows.
Times Square, Manhattan New York City 1956.
Brooklyn, New York Subway scene from the 1940s.
Tugboat Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1940s.
Fashion Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Egypt
Egyptian camel caravan 1920.
Pennsylvania
Women workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards, 1943.
Manhattan
Manhattan, New York City, New York sidewalk scene - 1960.
New York
Queens New York City, New York. Thai restaurant sidewalk scene.
Brooklyn
Photograph shows the Washington, D.C. bureau of the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper at 608 14th Street, N.W. in 1916.
New York
Women from the Salvation Army delivering food baskets in New York City, New York circa 1910.
Manhattan
Mid century Manhattan, New York City. Young woman waving for a cab.
New York City
Woman walking dog in New York City, 1954.
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village New York, Manhattan portrait scene.
Boooklyn
Street scene, Brooklyn, New York 1909.
New York
New York City, blimp scene 1931.
Prospect Park
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City. Ladies on bicycles.
Horse Race
Horse race, Lancaster, Ohio 1938.