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Bruce Gilden, New York City, 1985, printed 1993. NGC Collection. Gift of Zavie Miller, Nepean, Ontario, 1993. © Magnum Photos
Bruce Gilden, Quebec City, Canada, 1977, printed 1993. NGC Collection. Gift of Irwin Reichstein, Ottawa, 1995. © Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brussels, 1932, printed before 1947. NGC Collection. Purchased 1984. © Magnum Photos
Harry Callahan, New York, 1961. NGC Collection. Purchased 1978. © Pace MacGill
Harry Callahan, Perspective Distortion: Building Façade and Blue Sky, Atlanta, 1977, printed 1978-1980. NGC Collection. Gift of Donald Fraser, Ottawa, 1981. © Pace MacGill
Leon Levinstein, Untitled, 1958. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Untitled, 1960-1969. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Coney Island, 1965. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Untitled, 1952-1980. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Lower East Side, Bowery, 1965. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Untitled, 1970. NGC Collection. Gift of the American Friends of Canada Committee, Inc., 1995, through the generosity of Stuart E. Karu. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Houston Street, New York, 1970, printed 1980. NGC Collection. Purchased 1992. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Leon Levinstein, Lower East Side, New York City, 1952, printed 1980. NGC Collection. Purchased 1992. © Howard Greenberg Gallery
Lisette Model, Reflection, New York, 1939-1945. NGC Collection. Gift of the Estate of Lisette Model, 1990, by direction of Joseph G. Blum, New York, through the American Friends of Canada. © Blakeman Law/Lisette Model Foundation
Lisette Model, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934 ?, printed 1940-1949. NGC Collection. Purchased 1985. © Blakeman Law/Lisette Model Foundation
Weegee, Henry Geller, Landlord at 312 E. Houston St., Wept Over the Loss of his Tobacco Shop on the First Floor, 28 July 1941. NGC Collection. Purchased from the Phyllis Lambert Fund, 1981. © ICP c/o Getty Images
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Behind Gare St. Lazare, 1932, printed before 1947. NGC Collection. Purchased 1984. © Magnum Photos
Weegee, Mrs. Henrietta Torres and her Daughter Alda Watch as Another Daughter and her Son Die in Fire, 15 December 1939. NGC Collection. Purchased from the Phyllis Lambert Fund, 1981. © ICP c/o Getty Images
Apr 27, 2012 - Jun 03, 2012
Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Gilden, Leon Levinstein, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, WeegeeOrganized by the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and the National Gallery of Canada. Presented in conjunction with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
Spanning five decades, from the thirties to the eighties, Street View reflects the development of street photography as a record of city life and the shifting social and economic conditions within it. Drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, this exhibition highlights the work of seven photographers whose seminal visions helped to describe the urban landscape in the 20th century. Their contribution to the canon of street photography is unmistakable as is their ongoing influence on the work of contemporary image-makers. From scenes of gritty human drama to formal compositions of urban architecture, these photographs evocatively frame public space and its inhabitant.
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