Vivian Cherry

Vivian Cherry (July 27, 1920 – March 4, 2019) was an American photographer, best known for her street photography. She joined the New York Photo League in 1946.[1][2][3] [4] Cherry was born in New York.

Publications
  • Helluva Town: New York in the 1940s and 50s. New York: powerHouse, 2008. ISBN 978-1-57687-404-2. With a text by Barbara Head Millstein.
  • Vivian Cherry's New York. New York: powerHouse, 2010. ISBN 978-1-57687-519-3. With an essay by Julia Van Haaften.

Collections

Cherry's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
  • Vivian Cherry: a Working Street Photographer, 1940s–1990s, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2000[8]

Group exhibitions
  • Life of the City, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002[9]
  • Photography Collection: Rotation 4, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006–2007[10]

References
  1. Cherry, All photographs by Vivian (19 March 2019). "Vivian Cherry: a lifetime photographing New York's streets – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-12-08 – via theguardian.com.
  2. "Obituary: Vivian Cherry, Pioneering Street Photographer, 98". Photo District News. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. Sandomir, Richard (March 14, 2019). "Vivian Cherry, 98, Socially Aware Street Photographer, Is Dead" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. "Meet Vivian Cherry: One of the First Female Street Photographers". Another. May 10, 2018.
  5. "Vivian Cherry". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  6. "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. "Vivian Cherry, American". International Center of Photography. January 31, 2018.
  8. Glueck, Grace (16 June 2000). "Art in Review; Vivian Cherry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-08 – via NYTimes.com.
  9. "Life of the City". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  10. "Photography Collection: Rotation 4". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-08.


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