Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

A black and white photograph capturing a bustling street scene at night with blurred figures of people in the foreground and decorative lights forming arches in the background. The lights create a festive atmosphere, and the motion blur suggests the movement of the crowd.
A black and white photograph capturing a bustling street scene at night with blurred figures of people in the foreground and decorative lights forming arches in the background. The lights create a festive atmosphere, and the motion blur suggests the movement of the crowd.

David Vestal, East 13th Street, New York, 1955. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 5/16 in. (35.4 × 23.7 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 13 5/8 in. (23 × 34.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 97.39

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001 was curated by Sylvia Wolf.

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