The New York Times’ art critic Hilton Kramer once called Evelyn Hofer “the most famous unknown photographer in America” as the innovative photographer never got the credit that so many of her peers thought she richly deserved.
Hofer’s prolific career spanned five decades, yet despite her incredible body of work, she was under-recognized during her lifetime. She passed in 2009.
The High Museum of Art is calling attention to her amazing photography in a new exhibit, Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City.
Hofer made one of her biggest impressions on the art world through a series of photobooks, published throughout the 1960s, devoted to European and American cities, including Florence, London, New York, Washington, D.C., and Dublin.
The new exhibit, on display through August 13, consists of more than 100 vintage prints in both black and white and color, and marks the artist’s first major museum exhibition in the United States in more than 50 years.
The photographs featured include landscapes and architectural views with portraiture and convey the unique character and personality of these urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations after World War II.
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Photo: An image from Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City at the High Museum.
