![An Afternoon in Astoria](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjM0MzU4NyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MCAtcmVzaXplIDIwMDB4MTQ0MFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=a076b6625918d9b8) Gelatin silver print. Street photographs of 1940s [[New York City]], capturing the everyday life of [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]] and [[Manhattan]] with a lyrical, observational eye. [[Rudy Burckhardt|Burckhardt]], a Swiss-American photographer, was part of the [[New York School]] circle.