Harry Callahan: Retrospective - Hardcover

Harry Callahan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3868283587 ISBN 13: 9783868283587

Publisher: KEHRER VERLAG, 2013

Synopsis

"Of all the notable photographers of the twentieth century, surely Harry Callahan is the coolest."--John Szarkowski, former director of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art

Harry Callahan (1912-1999) is regarded as one of the most innovative and influential twentieth-century American photographers. By amplifying the abstract tendencies of New Vision in a lyrical mode evincing great sensitivity, he was able to overcome the prevailing realist aesthetic in American photography. This catalog presents the entire spectrum of Callahan's multifaceted photographic oeuvre, the product of tireless and prolific creative labors over the course of nearly sixty years.

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Product Description:

Harry Callahan (1912-1999) is regarded as one of the most innovative and influential 20th century American photographers. By amplifying the abstract tendencies of New Vision in a lyrical mode evincing great sensitivity, he was able to overcome the prevailing realist aesthetic in American photography. This retrospective presents Callahan's multi-faceted photographic oeuvre, the product of tireless and prolific creative labours over the course of nearly sixty years. With nearly 200 works, it shows the entire spectrum of Callahan's production.

About the Author:

Harry Callahan(October 22, 1912, in Detroit - March 15, 1999, in Atlanta) was an influential twentieth century American photographer. Since his first one-person show in 1947, Callahan's work has been the subject of over 60 solo and group exhibitions, including retrospectives organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. He left behind 100,000 negatives and over 10,000 proof prints.

Dirk Luckow, born in 1958 in Hamburg, has been the general director of the museum Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, since October 2009.

Sabine Schnakenberg, is chief curator of the FC Gundlach Collection at the Haus der Photographie at museum Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: KEHRER VERLAG
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3868283587
• ISBN 13: 9783868283587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300