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NEW YORK CITY — Pace/MacGill Gallery presents “Toward A Deeper Understanding: Paul Strand at Work,” on view through March 31, a rare exhibition of more than 40 photographs by Paul Strand.

This exhibition, drawn from more than 4,000 photographs that comprised the Paul Strand Archive, illuminates an aspect of Strand’s work that has not been brought to the attention of the public for decades.

Rather than showing archetypal Strand photographs, such as “Wall Street,” 1915, “White Fence,” 1916, or “Blind,” 1916, the exhibition illustrates the approach Strand employed when photographing the people, architecture and landscapes of different geographical locations. Strand’s photographs of France, Italy and the United States, specifically New England, will be highlighted in Pace/MacGill’s show.

In the late 1940s, Strand spoke of creating “a series of photographs that focused on the history, architecture, environs and people of a small town [which] would reveal ‘the common denominator of all humanity’ … and would be a bridge toward a deeper understanding between countries.”

During the next two decades, he undertook to fulfill this vision: he traveled widely, photographed intensively, developed and printed his own negatives, and published books that include many of the photographs in this show.

Strand identified and explored the myriad variations of some central themes: the primal connection between humans and the natural world, the beauty of simple objects and structures and the inherent dignity of every individual regardless of wealth or social status.

Pace/MacGill Gallery is at 32 East 57th Street. For more information, 212-759-7999 or www.pacemacgill.com.