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(Lewis Wickes Hine/Howard Greenberg Gallery) Before the Photo League, a number of American photographers working in the early decades of the 20th century were motivated by social and political concerns. Chief among them were Hine and Paul Strand. Hine,...
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The working-class streets and neighborhoods would eventually be the world he captured for the tabloid press, turning an eye away from the often photographed grander of the city’s rising skyline. His photographs lack the quite certitude of Paul Strand...
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Ektaa Malik reports Next > The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep,” said Paul Strand the famous American photographer who championed the cause of photography...
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...1930s was a place of pilgrimage for many artists seeking a simpler, less-industrialized expression of life than the one they had unhappily grown accustomed to in their native lands.Still, how strangely concordant that the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson...
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In 1936, the group’s photographers split off from its filmmakers, and the Photo League was born. But the social-documentary impulse of the group’s earlier incarnations remained; many early Photo League members modeled themselves on Lewis Hine and Paul...
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For instance, Ernst’s bleeding burnt sienna sunset "Arizona Rouge" is paired with a deep and arresting red and black diamond patterned Navajo (Diné) wool serape. Ansel Adams and Paul Strand capture the Southwest skies at moonrise and high noon,...
About Paul Strand
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Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the... Full Article
