Vivian Cherry

Vivian Cherry (July 27, 1920 – March 4, 2019) was an American photographer, best known for her street photography as a member of the New York Photo League.

Cherry was born in New York. She joined the Photo League in 1946.

Publications
Helluva Town: New York in the 1940s and 50s. New York: powerHouse, 2008. . With a text by Barbara Head Millstein.
Vivian Cherry's New York. New York: powerHouse, 2010. . With an essay by Julia Van Haaften.

Collections
Cherry's work is held in the following permanent collections:
 Museum of Modern Art, New York: 4 prints (as of December 2019)
 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: 25 prints (as of December 2019)
 International Center of Photography, New York: 3 prints (as of December 2019)

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
Vivian Cherry: a Working Street Photographer, 1940s–1990s, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2000

Group exhibitions
Life of the City, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002
Photography Collection: Rotation 4, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006–2007

References

External links

Category:Street photographers
Category:20th-century American photographers
Category:Queens College, City University of New York alumni
Category:1920 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:American women photographers
Category:People from Manhattan