Ben Shahn's New York: The Photography of Modern Times Adriana Lestido funded by Doctors Without Borders

funded by Doctors Without Borders

who traverses history

Each image becomes a passage to a realm where the boundaries between the physical and the ethereal blur

after he had emigrated there

(Hester Prynne’s crime in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel

Ben Shahn's New York: The Photography of Modern Times Adriana Lestido funded by Doctors Without BordersFirst edition of Ben Shahn's New York: The Photography of Modern Times. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some very minor sunning to the spine of the dust jacket only. About Ben Shahn, renowned painter, muralist, and graphic artist, was also a talented photographer who made documentary street photographs in New York City in the early 1930s. This book is the first to focus on his compelling New York images, showing how he