Esther Bubley

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Esther Bubley was an American documentary photographer best known for her intimate, human-centered images of everyday life in mid-20th-century America, particularly during and after World War II.

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instanceOf documentary photographer
human
photographer
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1940
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-02-16
dateOfDeath 1998-03-16
educatedAt Minneapolis College of Art and Design
employer Office of War Information
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
surface form: Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
surface form: Jewish American
familyName Bubley
fieldOfWork documentary photography
photojournalism
social documentary
genre documentary photography
portrait photography
street photography
givenName Esther
hasWorkInCollection George Eastman Museum
Library of Congress
Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American documentary photography
name Esther Bubley self-link
nationality American
notableFor World War II era documentary photography
intimate human-centered images of everyday life
photographs of mid-20th-century American life
notableWork photographic series on bus travel in the United States
photographs of children and family life in postwar America
photographs of wartime Washington, D.C.
occupation photographer
photojournalist
photographed children and families in urban and rural settings
everyday life in mid-20th-century America
home-front life during World War II
working-class Americans
placeOfBirth Phillips, Wisconsin, United States of America
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America
residence New York City
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender female
workedFor Farm Security Administration
Ladies’ Home Journal
Life magazine
Office of War Information
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
surface form: Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)

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