A history of the photo league

Abstract

The Photo League existed in Manhattan between 1936 and 1951. Its goals and membership were accurately described in a Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated 2 June 1942, which recognized the League as ‘a non-profit organization of amateur and professional photographers’. ‘For the most part’, the document continues, ‘the members are interested in the serious aspects of photography — that is documentary picrures of social significance. They are all pretty definitely pro-labor and a great many are obviously Communist in their leanings. There is certainly no member who would be considered wealthy or even ever well-off and any funds the League has to run on come entirely from membership dues, school fees and proceeds from various parties they run during the year’.1

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