Man in a Doorway, Seen from a Car, Luke Swank, c. 1934
gelatin silver print, h 152mm × w 203mm More details
After Swank died at a fairly young age in 1944 his negatives and prints remained in private ownership and were unseen for years. consequently, Swank was far less known than contemporaries such as Walker Evans or Dorothea Lange. The cropping of the man in a doorway was unusual in the 1930s, and gave rise to a daring composition.
