Children’s Hospital 1951: Photographs by Esther Bubley

Children’s Hospital 1951: Photographs by Esther Bubley will present a selection of more than
twenty photographs taken by Esther Bubley (1921-1998) while on assignment at Children’s
Hospital. In 1951, Bubley, a master of photographic composition and storytelling, was hired
by the Pittsburgh Photographic Library to live at the hospital and take photographs of the
doctors at work over a period of several weeks. Thirteen prints from this series were chosen
by Edward Steichen to be included in the groundbreaking 1952 exhibition at the Museum of
Modern Art, Diogenes with a Camera. Bubley’s ability to capture the innate power of the
candid, unguarded moment creates an uncanny, almost voyeuristic frankness which is
ultimately tempered by the humanity of her point of view. Children’s Hospital 1951:
Photographs by Esther Bubley is guest-curated by Daniel Leers, Newhall Curatorial Fellow
in the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art.

Support for the Pittsburgh presentation of Icons of American Photography: A
Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art and Children’s Hospital
1951: Photographs by Esther Bubley is provided, in part, by The Fine Foundation.

Submitted by The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
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