Subjects:  1. Art    2. Individual Photographer    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Reference    6. 20th century    7. Art / General    8. Biography: general    9. Individual photographers   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry M    2. Callahan, Harry M.    3. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    4. Exhibitions    5. Individual Photographer    6. Landscape photography    7. Photo Techniques    8. Photography    9. Photography, Artistic    10. Individual photographers   

Subjects:  1. Landscape photography   

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A Concise Compilation
Harry Callahan was the most influential and important figure in photography throughout the last half of the 20th century.This edition of his work shows chronologically how Callahan's approach to the mediumevolved and changed, while his vision remained ever faithful to modernity.The book begins in Detroit, where Callahan worked for Chrysler whilepursuing photography as a serious hobby.It was also during this time thathe married Eleanor Knapp, who would later become the subjectfor many ofhis strongest images.The accompanying essay by Sarah Greenough issuccinctly written,blending biographical information to the photographsCallahan took throughout his long, photographic journey (Callahan died in1999).Callahan's outlook on photography changed dramatically after havingmet Ansel Adams, at a photography workshop in Detroit.Taking some ofAdams' philosophy and refining it, Callahan created his own style ofphotographing/printing, made apparent by such images as `Weeds in Snow' and`Detroit, 1942'.In these images and throughout the rest of his life,Callahan easily turned the simplest subject matter into monumental works ofphotographic art.The book provides powerful examples of this, in bothblack & white and color. After leaving his job to pursuephotographyfull time, Callahan moved to Chicago and taught at the Institute of Design. Continuing the experimentation he began in Detroit, Callahan worked andrefined his style during his Chicago years, utilizing double exposure,collage, close-ups, and the use of positive and negative space.The bookthen turns to Callahan's New England period.It was during this time thatCallahan taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence.Thebook captures this period vividly, with images of varying contrast andmood.Here we see Callahan's ability at adapting to his environment byproducing increasingly poetic images of nature, as well as urban andsuburban street scenes.In his later work from 1972-1992, the photographsin "Harry Callahan" document the photographer's travels in other countries,with an increased attention on color.It remains clear by the images shownin his later years, that Callahan continued to explore photography byconstantly challenging himself and the medium.Where most photographersare known for one particular style or body of work (Cartier-Bresson's`decisive moment' or Robert Frank's publication of The Americans), Callahanis known for many different styles and bodies of work. The photographs in "Harry Callahan" prove this with each turn of the page.Callahan was aphotographic artist in the truest sense, if we choose to believe anartists' goal is not only to create but to constantly evolve.Callahanwas, continues to be, and always will be an influence to thosephotographers who seek not only perfection in the creation of theirphotographic art, but also change. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Individual photographers    6. Photographs: collections    7. Photography / Individual Photographer   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Eleanor    2. Callahan, Harry M    3. Individual Photographers And Their Work    4. Photo Essays    5. Photography, Artistic    6. Portrait photography   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry    2. Callahan, Harry M    3. Callahan, Harry M.    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    5. Exhibitions    6. Photography    7. Photography, Artistic   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry    2. Exhibitions    3. Photography, Artistic   

Subjects:  1. Photography & Photographs    2. Photographs: collections   

Subjects:  1. Photo Techniques   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry M    2. Exhibitions    3. Photography, Artistic   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Callahan, Harry M    3. Photography   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Photography   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry M    2. Exhibitions   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry M    2. Photography, Artistic   

Subjects:  1. Callahan, Harry M    2. Exhibitions    3. Photography, Artistic