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Faurer, Louis
(1916-2001)56th Street Behind City Center on a Sunday

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56th Street Behind City Center on a Sunday. 1949. Gelatin silver print, printed later. 27,5 x 18,4 cm (35,2 x 27,7 cm). Signed and dated by the photographer in ink below the image in the margin.

The American photographer Louis Faurer was known for his deeply humanistic and often melancholic images of urban life, particularly in New York City and Philadelphia during the mid-20th century. Working primarily in black and white, he captured fleeting expressions, gestures, and moments of isolation among pedestrians, often using slow shutter speeds, blur, and unconventional angles to evoke emotional depth and psychological nuance. Though he worked commercially for fashion magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, his personal street photography remains his most celebrated legacy, admired for its poetic and empathetic view of modern city life. – A fine tonal print in very good condition.

Lit.: Anne Wilkes Tucker. Louis Faurer. Houston 2002, ill. p. 140.