ELIOT ELISOFON @ Gitterman Gallery

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ELIOT ELISOFON @ Gitterman Gallery

January 28th, 2015 by fstop

Optometrist Hirshfield, 139 3rd Ave, NYC, c. 1937

ELIOT ELISOFON
February 4 – April 18, 2015

Eliot Elisofon was born on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1911 to immigrant parents of modest means. His mother ensured that he was well-educated and took him to museums, concerts and parks. Elisofon’s childhood struggles inspired his mission as a photographer; whether photographing the neighborhood he grew up in, the poor communities in the South, or exploring other countries, the human condition remained central to his work. His humble upbringing drove Elisofon to succeed and to improve the world around him. From his perspective: “art, to be true art, must grow out of human beings and it must help human beings live a better and fuller life. It must extend the field of feeling and vision we are born with.” He became one of the most important LIFE magazine photographers, shooting for the magazine during its heyday. This exhibition presents a broad range of subject matter and aesthetic concern, including a selection of Elisofon’s humanitarian photographs, which underline his mission “to help the world to see” as well as a group of rare photographs of the sculptor David Smith from 1938.

Gitterman Gallery
41 East 57th Street, Suite 1103
New York, NY 10022

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