Making the Scene: The Midtown Y Photography Gallery
From the website: The Midtown Y Photography Gallery, founded in 1972 by Larry Siegel with the help of Robert Menschel, was the first nonprofit organization in New York City with a mission to provide a public space for the display of photographs, helping the careers of dozens of photographers from 1972 to 1996. Prior to the 1980s, very few galleries showed photography exclusively, and emerging photographers were faced with limited options for exhibiting their work outside museums. This exhibition offers a broader vision of the photography that was seen during the period in which photography became a mainstay of the art world, as well as an intimate portrait of one New York gallery.
