After returning from his studies with Moholy-Nagy at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, Homer Page was encouraged by his friend and mentor, Dorothea Lange, to pursue photography full time. Beginning in 1943, his distinctive style of street photography in Oakland and San Francisco quickly drew the attention of Nancy Newhall and later Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his work was frequently exhibited from 1945 through the mid-1950s. In 1949, Page received a Guggenheim Fellowship, spending a year photographing life on the streets of New York.
We are pleased to present a broad selection from an archive of his work made in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1944 and 1948, along with a few prints from New York in 1949. Most of these vintage prints are unique, offering a rare glimpse into the stylized yet penetrating vision of this remarkable documentary artist of the urban landscape.
A wider selection of available prints by can be seen upon request.
Homer Page
Street Discussion, San Francisco, 1945. RESERVED
Superman Cinema, San Francisco, 1944
Man Smoking, San Francisco, 1945
Teen with Newspaper, Car, Oakland, 1944 SOLD
Teen girl sitting on her bed, Oakland, ca. 1944 SOLD
Juke Box and Phone Booth, Oakland, 1945
Car, San Francisco, 1945 SOLD
Street Car, San Francisco, 1947
Newsboy selling papers to Ship Yard Workers, Oakland, 1945
Two Mannequins and Window Dresser, San Francisco, 1944
Looking Out, Oakland, 1944
1024, Old Storefront, Oakland, 1945
Woman in Motion on a Busy Street, San Francisco, 1945.
Ladies waiting for Street Car, San Francisco, 1945
Five pedestrians from above, San Francisco, 1945
Waiting to Board the Key Train, San Francisco, 1945
Walking By, San Francisco, 1945
Man Walking Below Billboards, San Francisco, 1947
Black Skirt and Gold Belt, San Francisco, 1945
Two Girls in Shorts and Slippers, Oakland, 1944
"Winged Victory", Strutting, San Francisco, 1947.
Legs and Stocking Seams, Young and Old, San Francisco,1945
Woman in front of Peniel Mission Window, San Francisco, 1945
Man in Hat, Profile, San Francisco, 1948
Young Woman with Fur Collar, New York, 1949
Woman with Scarf, in a Crowd, New York, 1948
Commuters, On The Sidewalk, New York, 1949
New York, May 11, 1949
Man in Subway Passage, New York, 1949
Man Asleep on Bench, September 9, New York, 1949