Graffiti Under the Williamsburg Bridge
1987 · Gelatin silver print
15 × 15" (38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Sylvia Plachy
1943
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Recent Acquisitions: Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965–1966
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Sylvia Plachy is an American photographer born in 1943 who works primarily in black and white, creating intimate documentary and portrait work that captures psychological nuance and social observation. Her photographs often focus on marginal figures and overlooked moments, employing a direct, unflinching gaze that avoids sentimentality. Plachy's practice emerged from postwar photojournalism traditions while maintaining a distinctly personal, essayistic approach to form and subject matter.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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