Exhibition

The Roosevelt Project: Photographs by Fran Orlando

Fran Orlando photographed the residents of Roosevelt, NJ, for two years starting in 1978. The town was born of a 1930s New Deal project intending to bring Jewish garment workers in New York City out to the country to work in a cooperative factory. When the factory failed, the town became a rural mecca for artists, writers, and musicians. Orlando intended to create a portrait of the town by photographing the people who live there, several of whom were original residents. This exhibition revisits the previously unfinished project and presents a selection of 40 portraits that reflect a unique community at a particular moment in time.