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A gentleman pulling a rickshaw in Korea, Early 20th Century
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Though not a photographer himself, Ewing Galloway (1881-1953) compiled one of the largest and most diverse photo archives ever assembled. Revisiting Photography, images from the Galloway archive depicting everyday life and work in the early 20th century, will be on view at Baruch College’s Mishkin Gallery from Friday, March 30, to Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Opening Reception: Thursday, March 29, 6 to 8 pm. Free and open to the public.
Born in Kentucky, Galloway tried a number of careers before opening a small photo archive at 218 E. 28th Street in 1920. Eventually, with offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Berlin, and Amsterdam, Galloway amassed a collection of more than 400,000 photographs. Though assembled for commercial purposes, the photographs do not depict news events; rather, they are vividly expressive images of “ordinary” life in the early 20th century.
Many of the most arresting images convey early 20th century work, industry, commerce, and the growth and congestion of cities that came with the advent of automobiles. Galloway’s photographs, all of them by anonymous men and women, depict work in tanning factories, whaling ships, and steel mills in all its muscular, dirty physicality. Subjects range from mustachioed gold-miners, to hobos, to a smiling aviatrix.
All the images are in black and white.
Also included in this exhibition, drawn from 200 prints donated to Baruch College, are a smattering of photos from foreign lands, presumably taken by long-ago tourists.
Revisiting Photography: Early 20th Century Life will be at the Baruch College Mishkin Gallery from Thursday, March 29 through Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
The Sidney Mishkin Gallery is located at:
Baruch College
135 East 22 Street
New York City
Gallery hours are:
Monday-Friday, 12 noon-5 p.m.
Thursdays, 12 noon-7 p.m.
All exhibitions at the gallery are free and open to the public.
© 2007 Sidney Mishkin Gallery,
Baruch College
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