Working late is the latest in my series of conversations with the past. The original photograph was taken by Angelo Ruizzuto in 1954 and is a part of the collection held at the Library of Congress.
“The Anthony Angel Collection” contains ca. 60,000 black-and-white photographs of New York City, chiefly Manhattan, taken between 1949 and 1967 by Angelo A. Rizzuto (1906-1967). The images emphasize the vast scale of the Manhattan cityscape and the complex interrelationships between people and their physical environment.” Description from the Library of Congress

Title: Woman smoking a cigarette Rizzuto, Angelo, 1906-1967, photographer 1954 Library of Congress Control Number 2020636137 Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
I have been fascinated with photography since college and that fascination increased after a course in graduate school on the “History of Women in Photography”. It was the only Art History course I ever saw in a college catalog focusing exclusively on the work of women. Of course there had been a few “classes” on feminist art. Occasionally during lectures Georgia O’Keefe, Mary Cassette, or Berthe Morisot were mentioned, but never a deep dive into women as artists in any field.