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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- 1956; 1958 (1)
- 1958 (6)
- ca. 1957 (9)
- ca. 1957; 1955 (1)
- ca. 1958 (41)

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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.

Grandfather working on fence with sledge hammer.	Grandfather sawing wood; smoking cigar.	Old car in cluttered garage.	Grandmother entering room through door with bowl in hands.
Gedney's grandmother standing under tree.	Family, kitchen, barn, Richard Gedney.	Grandfather in barn, exterior, grandmother, kitchen.	Water pitcher on table.
Grandmother straightening linens.	Grandmother in kitchen, boy in wheelchair, haircut.	Grandfather throwing hay under tree with pitchfork.	Gedney's grandfather asleep.
Grandmother, outdoor scenes.	Mist in fields, house, grandfather in barn.	Interior scenes, grandmother, grandfather.	Grandmother, house interior.
Outdoor scenes, grandmother.	Interior, grandfather in barn, Richard Gedney.	Fair, outdoor scenes.	Grandfather in barn, wearning hat.
Grandfather resting on knees; adjusting tools in hands; cigar in mouth.	Grandmother washing dishes.	Grandmother seated at table with hand on forehead.	Grandmother sitting at table in distant room.
Rock wall and mailbox near barren trees.	Grandfather closing barn door.	Family, dinner.	Grandmother in kitchen, elderly couple.
Profile of grandmother.	Grandmother walking up stairs; view from top of stairs.	Grandfather working with young boy, possibly Richard Gedney.	Grandfather herding two head of cattle.

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