Frank Paulin Photoprints
name: label: Photographer
content: Paulin, Frank
label: Donor
content: Silverstein, Bruce
label: Donor
content: Silverstein, Silke
label: Names
content: Graham, Billy, 1918-
place: label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.) -- 20th century
label: Place
content: New Orleans (La.)
label: Place
content: Seville (Spain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Photographers -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Documentary photography
label: Topic
content: Parades -- 1950-1960
label: Topic
content: St. Patrick's Day
label: Topic
content: Street photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2016 by Bruce and Silke Silverstein.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Paulin, Frank
label: Donor
content: Silverstein, Bruce
label: Donor
content: Silverstein, Silke
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content: Frank Paulin Photoprints
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Paulin, born in Pittsburgh in 1926, spent his early life in New York City and Chicago. He apprenticed at a photography studio in Chicago at the age of 16. In 1944 at 18, he went into the Army, serving with the Signal Corps in Europe, where he honed his photographic skills by shooting images of devastated cities. After the war he returned to Chicago and studied first at the Chicago Art Institute, then the Institute of Design with the famed artist and theorist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and photographer Harry Callahan. In 1953 he returned to New York to work as a fashion illustrator, and studied with Alexey Brodovitch at the New School. During this period he began walking the streets at night and developed his interest in street and documentary photography. His work has been exhibited widely, beginning with the pioneering New York gallery, Limelight, in 1957.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1951-1961, 1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1373
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photoprints of city scenes, mostly taken during the 1950s, but including a few later images. Most of the images were made in New York City, Chicago, and New Orleans. One photograph was taken in Seville, Spain. The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson appears in two of the photographs, photographing the Saint Patrick's Day parade; evangelist Billy Graham in another.