John Albok was born in Munkacs, Hungary, in what is now the Ukraine. After apprenticing to a tailor from the ages of 13 to 17, he was drafted into the Hungarian army. He began photographing life in the hospital and prison where he worked. During the war, Albok's father killed himself and two of his sisters died of starvation. In 1921, Albok immigrated to the United States.[1]
New York City
John Albok worked as a tailor in a shop at 96th Street and Madison Avenue. He lived above the shop with his wife, fellow Hungarian Ilona Kiss, and their daughter, also named Ilona. He photographed street life primarily in his immediate neighborhood for sixty years, until his death in 1982.[2]
Photography
After winning a weekly photo contest held by the New York Herald Tribune in 1937, he captured the attention of Grace Mayer, photography curator at the Museum of the City of New York. His first solo show, Faces of the City, was held at the Museum in 1938.[3]
Today, Albok's work may be found in collections at the Museum of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, and many other institutions.[4] John Albok's estate is represented by Photographs Do Not Bend (PDNB) Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
Sources and further reading
Books of Photographs by John Albok
John Albok, 1894-1982 : through the eye of the needle = Albók János : keresztül a tű fokán. Budapest: Budapest Galéria; Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc., 1998.
John Albok, for the children : September 15 to October 14, 1995. Dallas: Photographic Archives Gallery, 1995.
References
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External links
Images by John Albok in the collections of the Museum of the City of New York.
The John Albok Photograph Collection at the New-York Historical Society
John Albok Negatives at Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University Special Collections
Radio Interview with John Albok at WNYC – The NYPR Archive Collections
January 26, 2023
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