ida dora wyman
ida dora wyman (march 7, 1926 – july 13, 2019) was an american photographer best known for her documentary photography of new york street life. she was born in malden, massachusetts and grew up in the bronx, new york. wyman began her photography career while she was in high school, by taking photos of her neighborhood. before becoming a photographer, wyman had planned to be a nurse. wyman can be heard as a contestant on the 15th november 1950 edition of you bet your life. wyman died in fitchburg, wisconsin on saturday, july 13, 2019.
The Subject Atlas
A chart of ida dora wyman's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.