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\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span>Dance at the UN, 1955. Copyright:\u00a9 George S. Zimbel \/ Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

January 21 \u2013 February 18, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Friday, January 21, 5\u20139 p.m.
\nSTEPHEN BULGER GALLERY<\/strong>
\n1026 Queen Street West
\nToronto, Ontario M6J 1H6
\nT: 416.504.0575
\nE: info@bulgergallery.com<\/a>
\nwww.bulgergallery.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>
\nHours: Tues \u2013 Sat\u00a0 11\u20136 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fascinated by the optimism of the 1950s, Stephen Bulger has long considered 1955 to be the epitome of this era, so often mythologized and made nostalgic in North American mass media.<\/p>\n

This exhibition contains works by various makers, all photographed in 1955, displaying many different approaches to photography. 1955<\/em> begins with Larry Morris\u2019 photograph of the Times Square New Year’s Eve Party welcoming in 1955, which was the 50th anniversary of the first celebration at One Times Square.<\/p>\n

Next comes Charles Swedlund, a twenty-year-old native of Chicago who graduated from the famed Institute of Design and, in 1955, delved into an intense year of image making. On exhibit are selections of his multiple exposures from the series called \u201cChicago,\u201d as well as selections from his series \u201cFirefighters.\u201d<\/p>\n

George S. Zimbel travelled America in 1955 and received an assignment to photograph New Orleans. His take on the city was a rawer look than was wanted by his client, who offered only a \u2018kill fee\u2019 after seeing the photographs. Images from this series have been acquired by major museums around the world, and they were published as Bourbon<\/em>Street, New Orleans 1955<\/em> [les \u00e9ditions du passage, 2006.].<\/em> This trip confirmed George’s love of Elaine Semovitz, to whom he proposed from El Paso. They rendezvoused in New Orleans and were married there on Feb 3, 1955.<\/p>\n

The exhibition offers glimpses of life in 1955 and fine examples of photographic practice by Dr.Harold Edgerton; Elliot Erwitt; Dave Heath; Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz, O. Winston Link; Angus McBean; W. Eugene Smith; Frederick Sommer; Dennis Stock; and Gabor Szilasi.<\/p>\n

The exhibition also includes the wedding portrait of Murray and Jane Bulger, who were married on February 19, 1955, and to whom this exhibition is lovingly dedicated.<\/p>\n

Screening Saturdays at 3 p.m.:<\/p>\n