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Some photos are really magic capturing the exact moment. Many photos by Rudy Burckhardt are that kind of magic even when it’s a building or landscape that doesn’t really move or change. When he snapped, he caught that building or landscape taking a breath. In the 1940s, Rudy was in the the Signal Corps, spent time in the Caribbean and Mexico, got married to the painter, Yvonne Jacquette with whom he’d collaborate on many projects over the years, and they started to raise a family as well.
During the 1940s, Rudy Burckhardt focused on still lives, city scapes in Paris and New York, and personal photos of people in Haiti, Trinidad, and Mexico too, inside their homes and out; all are worth a look. Enjoy.
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Dancing in Daily Life, 1940
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New York Moment, 1940
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Astoria, Queens, 1940
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Jumbo Malted, 1940
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Astor Place, New York, 1947.
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Astor Place, New York, 1947.
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Herald Square, New York, 1947
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Subway, New York, 1947
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Subway, New York, 1947
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Subway, New York, 1947
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Subway, New York, 1947
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Time Square at Dusk, 1947
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Two Women, Paris, 1947
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Paris Realization, Paris, 1947
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Flatiron Building, Summer, 1948.
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