{{Short description|American photographer (1936–2008)}} '''Don Donaghy''' (born '''Leonard Donald Donaghy''' in Pennsylvania; 2 November 1936 – 23 July 2008) was a member of the New York school of photography.
Donaghy studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art after which he pursued street photography in Philadelphia and New York City using a Leica 35mm camera. His first exhibition ''Two Young Philadelphians: Don Donaghy & George Krause,'' was held in 1962. Donaghy's first published work was a re-creation of this exhibition in the Fall 1962 issue of Contemporary Photographer, titled same as the show.<ref name="GK1992">George Krause, Anne Tucker (1992) George Krause: A Retrospective, {{ISBN|0-89263-309-3}}, page 19</ref><ref name="CP1962">[https://books.google.com/books?id=m5QgGwAACAAJ Contemporary Photographer (1962): Two Young Philadelphians: Don Donaghy & George Krause] (this Google Books entry for catalog includes exhibition info)</ref>
The landmark exhibition and publication ''The New York School, Photographs 1936-63'', by Jane Livingston, includes a selection of Donaghy's photographs. Donaghy is featured in "The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies", by Gilles Mora.
In addition to photography, Donaghy worked as a film editor and a cameraman. While living in Boulder, CO, he was also a construction foreman. He died on July 23, 2008.
==Publications with contributions by Donaghy== *''The New York School, Photographs 1936-63.'' {{ISBN|978-1-55670-239-6}}. By Jane Livingston. *''The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies.'' {{ISBN|978-0-8109-9374-7}}. By Gilles Mora.
== Exhibitions == * Three Photographers: Nicholas Dean, Bill Hanson, Don Donaghy (Rochester, NY, Aug 21 to Oct 21, 1963)<ref name="GEHdb">[https://web.archive.org/web/19990210071709/http://www.geh.org/gehdata.html George Eastman House Database] (Web page with instructions for telnet access to database; database lists holdings of Don Donaghy photographs by Hallmark Photographic Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York Public Library, George Eastman House, also cites exhibitions in 1963-64)</ref> * Photography 63/An International Exhibition (Syracuse NY, Rochester NY and Fort Wayne IN, August 1963 to February 1964)(George Eastman House database) * Six Photographers I (Contemporary Photographers I) (Rochester NY, 1964)(George Eastman House database) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070416131300/http://www.photographsdonotbend.com/past-shows/carter-donaghy/carter-donaghy.html Photographs Do Not Bend Past Show Listing] (Oct 27 to Dec 2, 2000 show with Keith Carter) * [http://www.gallerysink.com/old/previous.html Gallery Sink, Previous Exhibitions] (Sep 27 to Nov 29, 2002 group show) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080601044800/http://www.hemphillfinearts.com/EXHIBITIONS/exhibitions_main.html Hemphill Fine Arts Exhibition Archive] (2006 show with Benjamin Abramowitz and William Christenberry) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060517063248/http://www.yanceyrichardson.com/content.php?mode=past&year=2006 Yancey Richardson Gallery > Past Exhibitions > 2006] (Oct 27 to Nov 25, 2006 show) * Chance Encounters: Photographs from the Collection of Norman Carr and Carolyn Kinder Carr ([Corcoran Gallery of Art], 2008) * [http://mam.org/streetseen Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959], Milwaukee Art Museum, 2010
==Collections== Donaghy's work is held in the following permanent collections: *Corcoran Gallery of Art *Museum of Modern Art<ref name="GEHdb" /> *George Eastman House<ref name="GEHdb" /> *New York Public Library<ref name="GEHdb" /> *Hallmark Photographic Collection<ref name="GEHdb" /> *Metropolitan Museum of Art<ref name="MMA2005">[http://www.metmuseum.org/annual_report/2004_2005/pdf/Entire-AR05-WEB.pdf MMA (2005), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 2004-2005, p. 25] (Donaghy work listed as photographic accession in 2005)</ref> *San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<ref name="SFMOMA2012">[http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artists/104091/artwork/ SFMOMA Works by Don Donaghy] (Works acquired 2012)</ref> *Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<ref name="MFAH2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226041251/http://www.mfah.org/pdf/AR2007.pdf MFAH (2008), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Annual Report 2006-2007, pp. 70, 74] (Donaghy works listed as photographic accessions in 2006 and 2007)</ref> *Smithsonian American Art Museum<ref name="SAAM2013">[http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=30647 Don Donaghy / American Art] (Works acquired 2013</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} *<ref>[http://www.westword.com/1995-07-05/culture/street-people/ "Denver Westword"] (July 5, 1995): "Street People", by Michael Paglia</ref> *<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071901851_2.html "Washington Post"] (July 20, 2006): "A Sinuous Bridge Over a Cultural Divide", by Rachel Beckman, page 2</ref> *<ref>[http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13160544/ "Boulder Daily Camera"] (July 25, 2008): obituary</ref>
== External links == *{{Official website|dondonaghy.com}}
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