Nathan Lerner
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Nathan Lerner was an influential Chicago
photographer whose work helped define his city. The New York Times
wrote that his work "was inextricably bound up in the history of visual culture in Chicago" He was Henry Darger
's landlord and discovered Darger's work shortly before his death.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
photographer whose work helped define his city. The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
wrote that his work "was inextricably bound up in the history of visual culture in Chicago" He was Henry Darger
Henry Darger
Henry Joseph Darger, Jr. was a reclusive American writer and artist who worked as a custodian in Chicago, Illinois...
's landlord and discovered Darger's work shortly before his death.