WALTER ROSENBLUM:
IN SEARCH OF PITT STREET
1hr | Not Rated | 1999
The rise and politically motivated fall of the Photo League (1936-1951)
An hour-long documentary exploring the life and career of the filmmaker’s father—world- renowned photographer and teacher Walter Rosenblum, whose photographed the Lower East Side, the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach, Exiled Spanish refugees, Haiti, Spanish Harlem and the South Bronx. Rosenblum’s photographs are in the collections of major museums around the world, and he is the recipient of the ICP Lifetime Achievement Infinity Award.
ClipThis is a clip from WALTER ROSENBLUM: IN SEARCH OF PITT STREET, an hour-long documentary about the renowned photographer Walter Rosenblum, whose photographs of D-Day, Pitt Street, Spanish Refugees, East Harlem, Haiti, Europe and the South Bronx are a recognized part of our national heritage. Walter Rosenblum's photographs are in major museums around the world, including the Reina Sophia, Madrid, The JP Getty Museum, LA, MOMA, NYC and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walter and Naomi Rosenblum received the Infinity Award from ICP.
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Reviews
CHANGING THE WORLD, A PICTURE AT A TIME
By Manohla Dargis, New York Times
An extraordinary era documented in ‘Ordinary Miracles’
By Gary Goldstein, L.A. Times
Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League’s New York
By Lou Lumenick, New York Post
'Ordinary Miracles' records a growing city
By Lauren Bender, Berkshire Eagle Staff
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