This site is a work in progress that will grow to include more images of Albany’s Civil Rights Movement and many other topics that track a tumultuous period of civil reform.
Paley’s daughter Mary has digitized hundreds of her father’s images as well as microforms of The Knickerbocker News pages where the photos first appeared. Equipped with examples of her father‘s insight, she hopes to bring life to the regional and national context of an era’s complex ethical dramas.
Mission Statement
Omikron Productions, based at bobpaley.com, is a hypermedia production company that uses documentary photography, archived news articles, commentary from print journalists and audio interviews with primary sources to reconstruct historically significant moments in 20th century America with a specific focus on the New York region during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
The production company’s work in progress, Close to This Moment, provides educators, researchers and the general public with an authentic understanding of the political and social dramas of a turbulent era that is often characterized as an awakening of consciousness.
Production Goals
Disclaimer
Bob Paley’s photos are most often used to illustrate compelling events in regional history. Unless an image is captioned or linked to a national figure, no attempt has been made to create a literal pairing of text and image.