Charles R Hale on Nostr: For most of her life, fame eluded Evelyn Hofer, though she was appreciated for a few ...

For most of her life, fame eluded Evelyn Hofer, though she was appreciated for a few years before her death in 2009 at 87. Hofer has been called “the most famous unknown #photographer in America.”

Hofer moved between portraiture, city scenes, interiors, even deadpan landscapes. Her lens were roving yet always precise, conferring “a high dignity and an exalted character” onto its subjects, such as this one....The Queensboro Bridge, New York, 1964, and a young man on his bike.#history #photo