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.

Outdoor scenes, grandmother and grandfather.	Cattle and car sharing road.	Grandmother about to enter the kitchen; table with dishes in foreground.	Grandfather in car.
Foggy field.	Grandmother by kitchen cabinet; table with dishes in foreground.	Outside of house with grandmother looking out screen door.	Grandmother hanging laundry on line to dry.
Grandmother preparing food.	People sitting on porch.	Outdoor scenes, grandmother, boy in wheelchair.	Gedney's grandmother towelling her hair.
Grandmother preparing food at table.	Grandmother looking out screen door.	Gedney's grandmother lying down.	Distanced view from within barn of grandfather standing in doorway.
Interior of grandparent's house; window, chair in corner, air vent in floor.	Gedney's grandmother just outside kitchen door.	Misty fields, grandmother.	Corner of room; rocking chair and open door.
Grandfather carrying pitchfork.	Grandmother walking through grass towards house.	View from another room of grandmother sitting at table; younger woman standing.	Outdoor scenes, dinner, Grandfather, Richard Gedney.
Grandmother in rocking chair, looking out window.	Fields, barn and house interior.

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