William Gedney Photographs and Writings: St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, ca. 1960

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William Gedney Photographs and Writings

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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In the late 1950s, William Gedney phototgraphed the children and teachers at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf. It's not clear whether this project was commissioned or it was self-initiated. Some of the photographs were eventually reproduced in a small booklet about the school.

Boy sleeping with bird on his back.	Boy playing with train set.	Boy reading a book with African-American teacher looking on.	African-American girl with hearing aid laughing.
Teacher working with two boys.	Boy sitting at table, watching teacher.	Boy with hearing aid.	Teacher with four students wearing headphones.
Student looking at chalkboard as teacher observes.	Teacher at chalkboard with three students watching, one student turned to face the camera.	Teacher working with male student at chalkboard.	Male student writing at chalkboard with a teacher and female student observing.
Boy and woman hugging on stairs.	Teacher kneeling and talking to boy sitting in chair.	Teacher working with boy at far side of open room.	Student facing corner next to a door. Statue of Mary appears through window.
Teacher working with boy wearing headphones and holding yardstick.	Small girl reaching up to teacher.	Boy looking up at teacher with flowered shirt.	Small girl and teacher spreading sheet over a cot.
Adult placing hand on face of girl on cot.	African-American student looking at book in dark room.	Boy writing on paper in window-lit hallway with Christ figure.	Boy fingerpainting.
Teacher working with female student at window-lit table.	Girl at crowded table.	African-American teacher with three students at table; African-American girl with hearing aid raising hand.	Girl at table working on math problems.
Close-up of girl with hearing aid at table.	Close-up of frustrated boy with hearing aid.	Close-up of boy.	Teacher at table in classroom with four students wearing headphones.

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