William Gedney Photographs and Writings: The Farm, 1950s

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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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Archive of Documentary Arts
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- The Farm (41)
- William Gedney's Grandparents, Norton Hill, NY (17)

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- ca. 1958 (41)
- ca. 1957 (9)
- 1958 (6)
- 1956; 1958 (1)

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Among William Gedney earliest subjects were his maternal grandparents and their dairy farm in Norton Hill, New York. Most of these photographs, which he collected under the title, "The Farm," were made between 1957 and 1959. In early writings, Gedney describes childhood memories of time spent with his grandparents and his attraction to their rural way of life.

Gedney's grandmother lying down.	Gedney's grandfather asleep.	Grandfather in barn, wearning hat.	Grandmother walking through grass towards house.
Grandmother walking up stairs; view from top of stairs.	Grandmother sitting at table in distant room.	Water pitcher on table.	Grandfather herding two head of cattle.
Rock wall and mailbox near barren trees.	Grandmother seated at table with hand on forehead.	Grandfather working on fence with sledge hammer.	Cattle and car sharing road.
Grandfather throwing hay under tree with pitchfork.	Outside of house with grandmother looking out screen door.	Grandmother looking out screen door.	Grandfather closing barn door.
Grandfather carrying pitchfork.	Grandfather working with young boy, possibly Richard Gedney.	Grandfather sawing wood; smoking cigar.	Grandfather resting on knees; adjusting tools in hands; cigar in mouth.
Distanced view from within barn of grandfather standing in doorway.	View from another room of grandmother sitting at table; younger woman standing.	Foggy field.	Grandmother preparing food at table.
Grandmother hanging laundry on line to dry.	Grandmother straightening linens.	Grandmother entering room through door with bowl in hands.	Grandmother preparing food.
Old car in cluttered garage.	Grandmother about to enter the kitchen; table with dishes in foreground.	Gedney's grandmother towelling her hair.	Profile of grandmother.

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