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The harsh reality of old\u00a0New York is laid bare in a new exhibition featuring the work of legendary photographers Weegee and Margaret Bourke-White.<\/p>\n

Shots of gangs, evictions, unemployment and strikes all come from the progressive 1940s newspaper, PM Daily<\/i>, which showcased cutting-edge photojournalism, and counted Dorothy Parker<\/a>, Ernest Hemingway<\/a>, and Dr Seuss <\/a>among its contributors.<\/p>\n

\"ONLOOKERS...Weegee's<\/a>

ONLOOKERS…Weegee’s photo titled ‘Their First Murder’, 1941<\/p><\/div>\n

The paper declared: \u201cPM<\/i>\u00a0is against people who push other people around. PM<\/i>\u00a0accepts no advertising. PM<\/i>\u00a0belongs to no political party. PM<\/i>\u00a0is absolutely free and uncensored. PM<\/i>‘s sole source of income is its readers – to whom it alone is responsible. PM<\/i>\u00a0is one newspaper that can and dares to tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper was richly illustrated with photographs of politics, crime, war, labor, and, above all, images celebrating ordinary people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\"LOVERS...Morris<\/a>

LOVERS…Morris Engel shot this couple at Coney Island, 1938<\/p><\/div>\n

PM New York Daily: 1940-48<\/i>, at Steven Kasher Gallery, is the first ever exhibition about the iconic publication and features over 75 images, mostly of old New York, some of which have become the most iconic of the 20th<\/sup> century. Vintage copies of the newspaper are also on display.<\/p>\n

Helen Levitt, Morris Engel, Lisette Model, Mary Morris, Irving Haberman, and Arthur Leipzig also worked for the paper, which declared that photographers \u201care a vital and integral part of the very idea of PM <\/i>\u2014 that they would write <\/i>stories with photographs, as report\u00aders wrote them in words.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CHILD'S<\/a>

CHILD’S PLAY…Helen Levitt captures kids climbing on to a doorway on Third Ave, UES, 1940<\/p><\/div>\n

Weegee<\/a> began his six-year relationship with PM<\/i> in June 1940 and three of his most famous \u00a0 images are featured in the exhibition with their original captions: Coney Island\u2026 Temperature 89 \u2026 They Came Early, Stayed Late<\/i>, The Critic<\/i>, and Their First Murder<\/i>.<\/p>\n

PM<\/i> ardently supported US intervention against Hitler, took stands against racial and religious discrimination, and fought for the rights of labor unions.<\/p>\n

\"STRUGGLE...Margaret<\/a>

STRUGGLE…Margaret Bourke-White captures unemployed men looking at job ads, 1940<\/p><\/div>\n

But despite the devotion of its readers, the paper never managed to sell the 225,000 issues needed to break even and, in June 1948, PM<\/i> Daily <\/i>published its final issue.<\/p>\n

*PM New York Daily: 1940-48 <\/i>runs from January 14 until February 20, 2016, at Steven Kasher Gallery<\/a>, 515 W26 St, New York. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm. All photographs featured, courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery.<\/p>\n

**Cover pic of taxi driver killed in shoot-out, by Max Peter Hass, 1941<\/p>\n

\"ON<\/a>

ON THE STREET…Irving Haberman’s shot of an evicted family on East 7th, 1948<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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