William Gedney Photographs and Writings: Europe, 1974-1982

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The 50,000 item collection documents Gedney's work from the 1950s to 1989. Subjects include photographs of cross country road trips; rural New York; Manhattan; Brooklyn; rural Kentucky; Hippies in San Francisco; composers; gay rallies and demonstrations; St. Joseph's School for the Deaf; India; England; Ireland; France; and, a large number of nocturnal pictures.

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William Gedney made three trips to Europe, first in 1974 when he traveled and photographed in Ireland and London. He traveled twice to Paris in the summers of 1978 and 1982, both times visiting his close friends, the photographer Raghubir Singh and his wife Anne at their home.

Man and woman looking at a museum piece.	Soundman holding microphone; director Willard Huyck walking toward actors.	Couple holding a crying boy in front of David painting in museum.	Three women looking at map.
Man in park.	Man on train.	View down garden pathway, chairs in foreground, palace in background.	People in crowd on sidewalk.
Spectators at horse race.	Soccer players, subway, Gedney.	Man diving into ocean from pier.	Empty couch in front of a painting in museum.
Gedney sitting in a formal room, table with a bottle of wine and a glass in foreground.	Elderly gentleman and several children.	Man diving into ocean from pier.	Young woman carrying a baggette away from entrance to a store.
Young couple sitting intamately on streetside concrete block.	Spectators at horse race.	Couple lying on grass at an outdoor gathering.	People at tables in a dark pub.
Women at races.	Woman reading at table in crowded open-air cafe.	Couple in crowd at races.	Two young men playing soccer.
Man viewing art exhibit.	Boy selling newspapers.	Antique car in front of gazebo with performing string ensemble.	Man performing in room.
Young woman looking through closed gate.	Several men with cattle.	Young couple lying on grass at outdoor gathering.	Young man looking at statue of woman in museum.

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