Ted Croner Ted Croner was an American photographer and an influential member of the New York School

New York School

The New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City...

 during the 1940s and 1950s. His images are said to represent the best example of this movement.

Biography

Ted Croner is best known for his haunting night images of New York taken in the 40s and 50s. He was one of several important photographers who belonged to the New York School. Born in Baltimore in 1922 and raised in North Carolina, Croner developed an interest in photography while still in high school. He honed his skills while serving as an aerial photographer in World War II before settling in New York City in 1947. At the urging of fashion photographer Fernand Fonssagrives

Fernand Fonssagrives

Fernand Fonssagrives born near Paris, France he was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssagrives. He died in 2003 at Little Rock, Arkansas....

, he enrolled in Alexey Brodovitch

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’s class at the New School where he studied with such notable photographers as Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

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, Richard Avedon

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 and Lisette Model

Lisette Model

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. It was during this period that he produced many of his most memorable images including the iconic “Taxi, New York Night, 1947–48” which appears on the cover of Bob Dylan

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’s 2006 album, Modern Times

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. Another one of Croner's photographs appears on the cover of "Penthouse

Penthouse (album)

-Track listing:All songs music by Luna and lyrics by Dean Wareham except where noted# "Chinatown" – 4:39# "Sideshow by the Seashore" – 3:12# "Moon Palace" – 3:46# "Double Feature" – 4:27# "23 Minutes in Brussels" – 6:40# "Lost in Space" – 3:44...

", the second album from the NYC band Luna

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Ted Croner also had a successful career as a fashion and commercial photographer. His work has been published in many magazines including Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. He also worked extensively with large corporations such as Coca-Cola and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Shows and Exhibitions

Croner's first show was in 1948 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, organized by Edward Steichen, In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today’s Photography. This show was followed by Four Photographers: Lisette Model, Harry Callahan, Ted Croner, and Bill Brandt later the same year, also at the MOMA.

Jane Livingston's book has a good summary of Ted Croner's shows and exhibitions.