Waitress, Garrick Club, London
Evelyn Hofer
American, born Germany, 1922; active New York; died Mexico, 2009

Details
Title
Waitress, Garrick Club, London
Artist/Maker
Evelyn Hofer (American, born Germany, 1922; active New York; died Mexico, 2009)
Date
1962
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser in honor of Brett Abbott
Accession #
2016.458
Called by a New York Times critic “the most famous unknown photographer in America,” Evelyn Hofer explored the relationships between people and their environment in a series of photo books devoted to various cities in Europe and America. She was especially noted for her keen ability to capture her sitters’ bearing, expression, and dress in a way that revealed the subtle imprint of class, labor, and place on them. This work, made for her 1962 book London Perceived, shows a mature waitress standing proudly but with a certain tentativeness behind her beautifully set table in London’s oldest “gentlemen’s club,” which remains exclusively male today.
Image Copyright
© Estate of Evelyn Hofer.
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