Old New York

Bruce Davidson (1933)

Untitled (Older couple, woman with scotch-taped glasses), from "East 100th Street" 1966-1968

David Gahr Laura Nyro in Her Apartment, New York City 1969

Ernst Haas (1921–1986)

Untitled, from the color series “New York”,1962

CHARLES HARBUTT (1935 - 2015)

Tambourine Woman, Lower East Side, New York, 1960

Nina Simone, Carnegie Hall, New York, 1965

GORDON PARKS (1912-2006)

Harlem, 1963

In 1969, Richard Avedon photographed Andy Warhol’s shooting scars in one of the most stark and unsettling celebrity portraits of the 20th century. The photos were taken in New York City on August 20, 1969. Warhol is depicted wearing a black leather jacket, with one hand placed across his abdomen, highlighting the “almost tangible wounds.” These powerful images have been described as a tragic and powerful documentation of the violence he endured, leaving him with permanent injuries and requiring him to wear a surgical corset for the rest of his life.