Eastside, Buffalo

Creator

American Photographer · 1909–2011

Raised during the Great Depression, Milton Rogovin became politically active as a result of his impoverished childhood. He called himself a "social documentary photographer" and eventually devoted himself to photographing the segment of society he designated "the forgotten ones." Rogovin studied optometry at Columbia University, then opened a shop in Buffalo, New York, in 1938. He purchased his fi