Walter Rosenblum. Master of Photography | Galleria Civica Cavour | Padova

Walter Rosenblum is an important figure in 20th century photography. This exhibition aims to complete his extraordinary, expressive journey through an important collection of his old photographs, many of which have never been exhibited before. It thus offers the opportunity to get to know the work of this extraordinary author, one of the most important American photographers of the last century. In Italy, his work is being shown again after the major exhibition in Padua in 1999, with an exhibition of over 110 old photographs and documentation.

Walter Rosenblum (New York City, 1919-2006) worked as a photographer for more than fifty years and contributed significantly to the dissemination of photography in the 20th century. At the age of 18, he joined the Photo League, where he met Paul Strand, his mentor and friend, and other important photographers such as Berenice Abbott and Lewis Hine.

During World War II, Rosenblum served as a photographer and cameraman in the U.S. Army and participated in the Normandy landings at Omaha Beach. He was one of the first to film the interior of the Dachau concentration camp. Rosenblum was one of the most decorated photographers of World War II.

Rosenblum photographed some of the most important events of the 20th century: the immigrant experience in New York’s Lower East Side, World War II, refugees from the Spanish Civil War in France, life in Harlem, the South Bronx, and Haiti. Events that are all documented in the exhibition.