On the 24th of March the regular session of the seminar "Culture of Childhood: norms, values, practices" took place in the RSUH. The main topic of discussion was the report by the Associate Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Culture in the RSUH, Oksana V. Gavrishina "New York childhood of 1940-es in photos by Helen Levitt".
On the 24th of March the regular session of the seminar "Culture of Childhood: norms, values, practices" took place in the RSUH. The main topic of discussion was the report by the Associate Professor of the Department of History and Theory of Culture in the RSUH, Oksana V. Gavrishina "New York childhood of 1940-es in photos by Helen Levitt".
Helen Levitt is a famous American photographer, master of documentary photography, has become famous for works, made in inexpensive quarters of New York. The topic for discussion was about photos taken in early 1940-es in quarters of Brooklyn and Lower East Side and later included in the album "A Way of Seeing" (1965).
