Don Donaghy Explained

Don Donaghy (born Leonard Donald Donaghy in Pennsylvania; 2 November 1936 – 23 July 2008) was a member of the New York school of photography.

Donaghy studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art after which he pursued street photography in Philadelphia and New York City using a Leica 35mm camera. His first exhibition Two Young Philadelphians: Don Donaghy & George Krause, was held in 1962. Donaghy's first published work was a re-creation of this exhibition in the Fall 1962 issue of Contemporary Photographer, titled same as the show.^{[1] [2]}

The landmark exhibition and publication The New York School, Photographs 1936-63, by Jane Livingston, includes a selection of Donaghy's photographs. Donaghy is featured in "The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies", by Gilles Mora.

In addition to photography, Donaghy worked as a film editor and a cameraman. While living in Boulder, CO, he was also a construction foreman. He died on July 23, 2008.

Publications with contributions by Donaghy

• The New York School, Photographs 1936-63. . By Jane Livingston.
• The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies. . By Gilles Mora.

Exhibitions

• Three Photographers: Nicholas Dean, Bill Hanson, Don Donaghy (Rochester, NY, Aug 21 to Oct 21, 1963)^[3]
• Photography 63/An International Exhibition (Syracuse NY, Rochester NY and Fort Wayne IN, August 1963 to February 1964)(George Eastman House database)
• Six Photographers I (Contemporary Photographers I) (Rochester NY, 1964)(George Eastman House database)
• Photographs Do Not Bend Past Show Listing (Oct 27 to Dec 2, 2000 show with Keith Carter)
• Gallery Sink, Previous Exhibitions (Sep 27 to Nov 29, 2002 group show)
• Hemphill Fine Arts Exhibition Archive (2006 show with Benjamin Abramowitz and William Christenberry)
• Yancey Richardson Gallery > Past Exhibitions > 2006 (Oct 27 to Nov 25, 2006 show)
• Chance Encounters: Photographs from the Collection of Norman Carr and Carolyn Kinder Carr ([Corcoran Gallery of Art], 2008)
• Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2010

Collections

Donaghy's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Corcoran Gallery of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• George Eastman House
• New York Public Library
• Hallmark Photographic Collection
• Metropolitan Museum of Art^[4]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art^[5]
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston^[6]
• Smithsonian American Art Museum^[7]

References

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Notes and References

1. George Krause, Anne Tucker (1992) George Krause: A Retrospective,, page 19
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=m5QgGwAACAAJ Contemporary Photographer (1962): Two Young Philadelphians: Don Donaghy & George Krause
3. https://web.archive.org/web/19990210071709/http://www.geh.org/gehdata.html George Eastman House Database
4. http://www.metmuseum.org/annual_report/2004_2005/pdf/Entire-AR05-WEB.pdf MMA (2005), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 2004-2005, p. 25
5. http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artists/104091/artwork/ SFMOMA Works by Don Donaghy
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20101226041251/http://www.mfah.org/pdf/AR2007.pdf MFAH (2008), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Annual Report 2006-2007, pp. 70, 74
7. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=30647 Don Donaghy / American Art
8. http://www.westword.com/1995-07-05/culture/street-people/ "Denver Westword"
9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071901851_2.html "Washington Post"
10. http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13160544/ "Boulder Daily Camera"