NANCY HAYS: A RETROSPECTIVE
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NANCY HAYS: A RETROSPECTIVE
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An activist and preservationist, Nancy Hays’ photography embodies the ethos of Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. In 1958 at the age of 35, Hays arrived in Chicago from New York City where she had studied photography and established herself professionally. She settled in Hyde Park and worked as a photographer for the Hyde Park Herald, crafted innovative advertising campaigns for the Hyde Park Cooperative Society (one of the oldest and largest of the nation’s consumer cooperatives), and loved to wander the local streets and lakefront capturing the authentic spirit of Hyde Park. Her photography made her a Hyde Park legend.In 2007, at her passing, Nancy left her entire collection of photographs and negatives, almost 200 boxes of materials, to the Hyde Park Historical Society. The collection is now housed at the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library, Special Collections Research Center as part of the Society’s overall Archives. This exhibit is the first look at Hays' photographic legacy since her death.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]