New York by Fred Stein (1940s)

Fred Stein (1909 – 1967) was a street photographer in Paris and New York after he was forced to flee his native Germany by the Nazi threat in the early 1930s. He explored the new creative possibilities of photography, capturing spontaneous scenes from life on the street.

Fred Stein, “Little Italy”, New York, 1943 via

Fred Stein, “American All”, New York, 1943 via

Fred Stein, “Orchad Beach”, New York, 1946 via

Fred Stein, “Newspaper Hat”, New York, 1946 via