09.26.2019-11.16.2019
FRED STEIN
Les penchants de Fred Stein
An exhibition devoted to post-war New York in which Fred Stein’s sharp eye has captured the momentum.
As Philippe Tretiack notes in his preface to the catalog accompanying the exhibition :
« Fred Stein with his low-angle shots, takes part in the euphoria of freedom that the United States then provided.
In most of his photographs the city is seen expanding. Skyscrapers stand on the horizon like silhouettes of titans. ... With the enthusiasm of the creator seizing the instant to better perpetuate it, he captures a city that is constantly struggling, constantly changing its skyline. He is a witness, reporter, diarist of a nascent modernity. ...
He is an actor of a gold rush, in a world where humanistic values persist in the din of industries and social confrontations. »
Galerie Sonia Zannettacci has the privilege of being the exclusive representative forEu rope of Fred Stein’s original photographs
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FRED STEIN
Road to Victory (MoMa), 1929