David Ogburn

Anthony Anderson and Oggi Ogburn, Contemporary Photograph by David Ogburn

Late 20th Century

David Ogburn, American (1942 - ) - Self Portrait, Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.25 inches, Size: 11 x 8.5 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

David Ogburn, American (1942 - ) - David Ogburn and Unknown Woman, Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, Image Size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches, Size: 8.5 x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)

Stanley Crouch (L) and Jose Torres (R) the boxer.

At a media party with Gordon Parks, Alan King and Genevieve Young. Veteran Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests. Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office. Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist. For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland and Marc Asnin. His mailbox was simply marked "McPhoto." An exhibit of McDarrah’s photos of artists presented by the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea was hailed by The New York Times as “a visual encyclopedia of the era’s cultural scene.” artists in their studios, (Alice Neel, Philip Guston, Stuart Davis, Robert Smithson...