Todd Webb, "The Battery, Lower Manhattan, New York (Peanut Man)," 1945. Vintage gelatin silver print. ©Todd Webb. Courtesy of Evans Gallery and Estate of Todd and Lucille Webb, Portland, Maine, U.S.A.

The Boston Globe lends a bit of context and history to the narrative depicted in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art exhibition After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs New York and Paris.

The review, “Eager Exploration of New York, Paris,” looks at Webb’s influences and highlights the humanity captured in his work. Read the review.