Working People
Amherst Foundry
1978-87
Atlas Steel Casting
1976-87
Bethlehem Steel 1978-79
Billy Penn 1978
Buffalo Forge 1978
Buffalo China Pottery 1978
Chevrolet Motors 1977-1978
Dresser Foundry 1978
Ford Stamping1978
Markel Electric1979-1980
Republic Steel 1978-1987
Shenango Ingot Molds 1976-1987
Westinghouse 1979-1980
About This Series
"In 1975 I closed my optometric office in order to do a photo series in the steel mills of the Buffalo area (plus one series in Philadelphia). In this series, I tried, if possible, to film the workers both at work and at home with their families." –Milton Rogovin
Related Publications
Milton Rogovin: The Mining Photographs, The Getty Museum, Oxford University Press, 2005
Picture Man: the Poetry of Photographer Milton Rogovin, [DVD] 19 min. 23 sec, 70 photographs, 17 poems, 2009
Milton Rogovin: The Lens & the Pen: Photographs and Poems, Published by Palisade Press, 2009
The Bonds Between Us: Family Portraits From Around The World, White Pine Press, 2001
With Eyes and Soul: Images of Cuba, Poems by Nancy Morejón, Photographs by Milton Rogovin, White Pine Press, 2004
Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones, University of Washington Press, 1985; Quantuck Lane Press, 2003
Milton Rogovin: The Making of a Social Documentary Photographer, University of Washington Press and the Center for Creative Photography, September 30, 2006
For curriculum and a folio download of the Lower West Side series, as well as a history of the neighborhood written by JoAnn Wypijewski, please visit the education page.