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Authors, works and languages of the image
Louis Faurer
42nd Street, New York City, 1948
"42nd Street (Midget Movies), New York City", 1948. © Louis Faurer.
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Introduction
In this emblematic image, Louis Faurer distills the essence of post-war urban alienation, transforming a mundane scene of street entertainment into a profound investigation of the human condition. Times Square, the author's usual and favored hunting ground, is not celebrated here in its iconic, frenetic neon glory, but rather dissected in its most intimate, anonymous, and twilight recesses.
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