Sid Grossman (1913-55) and his work were largely forgotten after his untimely death in 1955.
Labeled as a communist by the FBI after the war, his hard-earned reputation as a free-thinking photographer quickly fell into oblivion for the rest of the century and beyond.
Grossman was one of the founders of the famous New York Photo League and a notoriously demanding and capricious teacher who always challenged his students.
This monograph, the first comprehensive survey of Grossman's life and wor.