‘The Radical Camera,’ a History of the Photo League, Opens at the Jewish Museum

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15 Years That Changed Photography

Sixty years ago this week, the Photo League closed its doors after being labelled a subversive group. But in its 15-year life, the group transformed documentary photography in ways that went beyond the political. An exhibition in New York shows how.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/15-years-that-changed-photography/

Sixty years ago this week, the Photo League fell victim to Cold War witch hunts and blacklists, closing its doors after 15 intense years of trailblazing – and sometimes hell-raising – documentary photography.  From unabashedly leftist roots, the group influenced a generation of photographers who transformed the documentary tradition, elevating it to heady aesthetic heights.