Harry callahan

Harry Callahan (1912 –1999) was one of the most influential twentieth century American photographers. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he began teaching himself photography in 1938. A talk given by Ansel Adams in 1941 inspired him to take his work seriously. In 1946 he was invited to teach photography at the Institute of Design in Chicago by László Moholy-Nagy. He moved to Rhode Island in 1961 to establish a photography program at the Rhode Island School of Design, teaching there until his…

Harry Callahan. Sunlight on Water. 1943. Gelatin silver print. 3 5/16 × 4 3/8" (8.4 × 11.1 cm). Purchase. 1176.2009. © 2024 The Estate of Harry Callahan. Photography

Exhibition dates: 21st November 2009 – 3rd July 2010 Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999) Eleanor, Chicago 1949 Gelatin silver print Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston …

Since its inception over forty years ago, Howard Greenberg Gallery has built a vast and ever-changing collection of some of the most important photographs in the medium. The Gallery's collection acts as a living history of photography, offering genres and styles from Pictorialism to Modernism, in addition to contemporary photography and images conceived for industry, advertising, and fashion. Maintaining diverse and extensive holdings of photographic prints, the gallery includes such masters…

Harry Callahan. Eleanor, Chicago. 1951. Gelatin silver print. 5 7/8 × 7 1/2" (15 × 19 cm). Gift of the artist. 1195.2009. © 2024 The Estate of Harry Callahan. Photography

photos by Jan Meissner

Eleanor, Chicago (portrait of the artist’s wife)