Winogrand documented New York City street life with the same unflinching and compassionate eye as Davidson, using black and white silver print photography to capture the raw energy and social textures of urban America during the same era.

Levitt spent decades photographing the streets and communities of New York City, particularly in East Harlem neighborhoods, creating intimate documentary silver print work that shares Davidson's humanistic approach to overlooked urban communities.

Parks created deeply empathetic documentary photographs of marginalized urban communities in New York City, using black and white photography to illuminate poverty and social conditions with the same dignity and compassionate intent found in Davidson's East 100th Street series.