A seminal figure in printmaking of the 1920s and 1930s, the figures in Martin Lewis' work initiate the emotion, though they’re no more individual and personal than the buildings; the story lives in the moment of the scene. He was
a key mentor to the young Edward Hopper.
Robert Doisneau.
France.
“Like all street regulars, Doisneau knew how to capture the radiant gravity that isolates a human being from the crowd, these moments of grace that bring together passers-by in "the illusion of an instant" as in a dream geometry.”
Jean-François Chevrier.
Dorothea Lange.
“The power of her pictures lies not only in her desire to effect social change, but also in her deep humanism, her abiding interest in people, and the skills and insights she learned as a portrait photographer.”