ator ▁of ▁phot ography ▁at ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Museum ▁of ▁Modern ▁Art ▁and ▁probably ▁America ' s ▁most ▁famous ▁photograph er ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Ste ichen ▁rejected ▁his ▁photos , ▁describing ▁Martin ' s ▁skills ▁as ▁" no ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁ 3 5 ▁million ▁amateur ▁photograph ers ▁in ▁the ▁country ." ▁De ject ed ▁but ▁determined , ▁El k ort ▁worked ▁t ire lessly ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁craft ▁and ▁two ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁met ▁with ▁Ste ichen ▁again . ▁This ▁time ▁the ▁famous ▁cur ator ▁bought ▁three ▁of ▁his ▁images ▁for ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁collection : ▁" S oda ▁F ount ain ▁Girl ", ▁" P upp y ▁Love ", ▁and ▁" The ▁Girl ▁With ▁Black ▁Cat ", ▁all ▁u pl ifting ▁images ▁of ▁children ▁at ▁C oney ▁Island . ▁ ▁El k ort ' s ▁photograph s ▁( c . ▁ 1 9 5 1 ) ▁of ▁recently ▁liber ated ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants ▁learning ▁new ▁work ▁skills ▁at ▁the ▁Br am son ▁OR T ▁( Organ ization ▁for ▁Re h abil itation ▁and ▁Training ) ▁School ▁in ▁Brook lyn ▁offer ▁a ▁rare ▁and ▁int imate ▁g limp se ▁into ▁of ▁their ▁optim istic ▁struggle ▁to ▁integrate ▁into ▁a ▁new ▁society ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁pictures ▁show ▁Jewish ▁workers ▁bearing ▁t atto os ▁ev iden cing ▁their ▁in car cer ation ▁in ▁Naz i ▁concentration ▁cam ps ▁during ▁The ▁Hol oca ust . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁more