Photographer Milton Rogovin, a former optometrist who documented the lives of poor and working class people in his hometown of Buffalo, as well as in Appalachia and elsewhere, has died of natural causes at the age of 101. See an audio slideshow narrated by Rogovin and read his obituary at the New York Times. “All my life I’ve focused on the poor,” he said in 2003. “The rich ones have their own photographers.”
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Optometry
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Photographer Milton Rogovin, a former optometrist who documented the lives of poor and working class people in his hometown of Buffalo, as well as in Appalachia and elsewhere, has died of natural causes at the age of 101. See an audio slideshow narrated by Rogovin and read his obituary at the New York Times. “All my life I’ve focused on the poor,” he said in 2003. “The rich ones have their own photographers.”
Photographer Milton Rogovin, a former optometrist who documented the lives of poor and working class people in his hometown of Buffalo, as well as in Appalachia and elsewhere, has died of natural causes at the age of 101. See an audio slideshow narrated by Rogovin and read his obituary at the New York Times. “All my life I’ve focused on the poor,” he said in 2003. “The rich ones have their own photographers.”
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Image of the Day
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One of my favorite shots from photographer Milton Rogovin's Lower West Side, Buffalo, NY series. Rogovin turned 100 on December 30th, and both Danziger Projects in New York and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle are celebrating with exhibitions of his work (click the links for more images and info). From reading the Henry's blog I learned that until Rogovin retired to become a full-time photographer in 1978, he made his living as an optometrist. I'm pretty sure Ralph Eugene Meatyard was an optometrist as well. I know nothing about optometry but maybe there is something about examining other people's eyes that makes people want to take pictures.
One of my favorite shots from photographer Milton Rogovin's Lower West Side, Buffalo, NY series. Rogovin turned 100 on December 30th, and both Danziger Projects in New York and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle are celebrating with exhibitions of his work (click the links for more images and info). From reading the Henry's blog I learned that until Rogovin retired to become a full-time photographer in 1978, he made his living as an optometrist. I'm pretty sure Ralph Eugene Meatyard was an optometrist as well. I know nothing about optometry but maybe there is something about examining other people's eyes that makes people want to take pictures.
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