Alvin Baltrop: Photographs 1965-2003

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Alvin Baltrop: Photographs 1965 – 2003

Curated by Yona Backer and Randal Wilcox

Third Streaming

10 Greene Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10013

March 16 – May 14, 2011

Reception: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6 pm – 8 pm

The Pier Photographs are not simply visual documents about an untapped part of the history of New York; they also show how Baltrop’s practice unfolded during this turbulent period. “Alvin Baltrop: Photographs 1965 – 2003” features the silver-gelatin prints of the Pier series that initiated the artist’s posthumous fame, images made in the Navy during the Vietnam War, dozens of other previously un-exhibited vintage prints, rare archival materials, and late works shot at various Manhattan hospitals up until his death in 2004. The subjects range from military conflicts, lounging soldiers, children, prostitutes, public and private sex, crime scenes, and dilapidated buildings in the deindustrialized neighborhoods of New York. The exhibition is the first extensive overview of the African-American photographer’s work, and aims to show the formation, development, and refinement of a major yet under-recognized artist’s vision.