Rebecca Lepkoff
Rebecca Lepkoff
American, 1916–2014
Lepkoff, who grew up in a Jewish neighborhood there, died Sunday at 98.
Her series of photographs showing the Lower East Side was taken in the 1940s and 1950s.
Lepkoff lived a portion of the year in Vermont, where she photographed the hippie community of Pikes Falls, according to an obituary in the Commons, a Vermont publication.
In New York, she was a member of the Photo League, a group of acclaimed photographers who aimed to photograph how ordinary people lived. The group was disbanded during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
“She lived a long and incredible life,” said her son, Jesse, according to the Commons. “She was an amazing artist, mother and person.”
Read more: http://www.jta.org/2014/08/20/news-opinion/united-states/rebecca-lepkoff-photographer-who-documented-lower-east-side-dies-at-98#ixzz3B48Gdajw
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