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The Street Shots Challenge to date has attracted more than 2,000 submissions and counting. Meanwhile, the videos staring Bruce Gilden, Jamel Shabazz, and Sandra Roa have been viewed more 200,000 times, with more videos to come. But bringing super shutterbugs together is by no means a new idea.

In fact WNYC did it before, 58 years ago.

In October 1950 WNYC and the Museum of Modern Art came together to explore “What is Contemporary Photography.” Edward Steichen, MOMA’s first Photographer-in-Chief moderated a broadcast panel that in hindsight, was incredibly stacked with photographic luminaries: Margaret Bourke White, Walker Evans, John Mealy, Lisette Model, Wright Morris, Homer Page, Irving Penn, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Aaron Siskind.

Thanks go to WNYC archivist Andy Lanset for digging this gem up and to Michelle Elligott, museum archivist MOMA. And to WNYC and MOMA for putting it together in the first place. Be warned that there are a few hiccups in the audio, but nothing that will keep you from enjoying the discussion.

Stick with us here on the blog as Streetshots puts New York Street photography in context with audio from Low Life Author and picture-blogger Luc Sante, Photographer and Director of the Yale School of Photography Tod Papageorge, and a special guest on the Leonard Lopate show.