The warmth and diversity of postwar New York are captured in Todd Webb’s images.
His stunning black and white photographs are a reflection of the influence of Ansel Adams, under whom he studied.
Todd Webb: A City Seen, a retrospective of his work, is on view at the Museum of the City of New York through September 4.
Under the Third Avenue elevated train, New York, 1946. All Photographs: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York and the Todd Webb Estate
125th Street, Harlem, New York, 1946
Tenements and graveyard from Chataham Square station, New York, 1946
Lexington Avenue, near 110th Street, Harlem, 1946
Maise, Queen of the Bowery, New York, 1946
From Empire State Building, New York (looking south-east), 1946
Near Fulton Fish Market, New York, 1946.
The Battery, New York (peanut peddler), 1945
25th Street and Broadway (summer streetcar), Harlem, New York, 1946
Fulton Fish Market Wharf, 1946