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Vivian Cherry (July 27, 1920 – March 4, 2019) was an American photographer, best known for her street photography[1] as a member of the New York Photo League.[2]

Cherry was born in New York.[3] She joined the Photo League in 1946.[2]

Publications

  • Helluva Town: New York in the 1940s and 50s. New York: powerHouse, 2008. ISBN 978-1-57687-404-2. With a text by Barbara Head Millstein.
  • Vivian Cherry's New York. New York: powerHouse, 2010. ISBN 978-1-57687-519-3. With an essay by Julia Van Haaften.

Collections

Cherry's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Group exhibitions

  • Life of the City, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002[7]
  • Photography Collection: Rotation 4, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006–2007[8]

References

  1. ^ Cherry, All photographs by Vivian (19 March 2019). "Vivian Cherry: a lifetime photographing New York's streets – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-08 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ a b Sandomir, Richard (March 14, 2019). "Vivian Cherry, 98, Socially Aware Street Photographer, Is Dead" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Meet Vivian Cherry: One of the First Female Street Photographers". Another. May 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "Vivian Cherry. Harlem, New York City. 1952 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  5. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
  6. ^ "Vivian Cherry, American". International Center of Photography. January 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "Life of the City". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  8. ^ "Photography Collection: Rotation 4". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-08.