Steve Simon & George Zimbel
Steve Simon: America at the Edge
George S. Zimbel: Photographs
March 7 - April 26
Leica Gallery
670 Broadway
NYC
(212) 777-3051
Award-winning, Montreal-based photojournalist Steve Simon showcases America at the Edge, his long-term documentary study of Americans living just south of the largest undefended border in the world - the one between Canada and the U.S.
George S. Zimbel (who was born in the U.S. and emigrated to Canada in 1971) has a worldwide reputation for being a master-photojournalist in the purest tradition. He is famous for his photographs of politicians, e.g.,Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon, as well as of celebrities. Remember the image of Marilyn Monroe with her skirt being lifted by the air from a subway grate? He is the one who took that photo. He has also photographed many other notable personalities e.g., Helen Keller, Billy Graham, Edward R. Murrow, Leonard Bernstein, and Carol Channing.