Exhibition—“Melvin Hollins: The Observer”

Date

Wed, Nov 11, 2026

Time

All day

Location

Idilko Butler Gallery, Lowenstein Center

Host

Fordham University

Details

Melvin Hollins was an African-American armed forces veteran, a Fordham University Lincoln Center Ram, and a gifted street photographer who compassionately recorded the social fabric of New York City throughout the 1970s. This exhibition presents 18 framed archival prints made from scanned black and white negatives in the Ildiko Butler Gallery, and 133 5″ x 8″ pages from the book Melvin Hollins: Th