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Bowery Bum of the Month: Men sitting around cafe
Creator
W. Eugene SmithAmerican Photographer · 1918–1978
All works by this person →W. Eugene Smith's interest in photography grew out of a boyhood passion for airplanes. His mother, herself an amateur photographer, suggested he make his own photographs of planes rather than borrow money from her to buy photos by mail. Thus began a prolific career that spanned five decades; Smith is said to have made at least twenty thousand negatives in one three-year period alone. Reacting to S
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 2223f5e4-bee7-4fd6-969b-7631b57319fc
View of a crowded cafe and bar, possibly Sammy's Bowery Follies. Tables filled with seated men cover the floor, while several men stand at the bar that lines the far wall. Framed pictures cover the walls, and a painted mural can be seen above the mirrors behind the bar.
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