Baldwin Lee: New York (1975–1979)

28 September 2026 0

Howard Greenberg Gallery presents Baldwin Lee: New York (1975–1979), an exhibition of large-scale black-and-white photographs. The exhibition brings together photographs Lee made between 1975 and 1979, a formative period in his career, and marks the first time they have been on view. Raised in New York’s Chinatown, Lee studied photography with Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…

Baldwin Lee at Howard Greenberg Gallery

12 October 2022 0

In 1983, the photographer Baldwin Lee left his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and set off on a road trip through the American South. He did not know what his subject would be, but during the trip, he found himself drawn to photographing Black Americans at home, at work and at play, in the street and amid nature. Over the next…

Baldwin Lee: Black Americans in the South

24 May 2020 0

When Baldwin Lee first arrived in the south, he did not know what he would photograph. He took a 2,000-mile exploratory trip on the back roads photographing anything that interested him with his 4 x 5-inch view camera. “My subjects included landscapes, cityscapes, close-up details, night studies, interiors of commercial and residential buildings, and portraits of people—white and black, old…

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