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1912 Detroit, Michigan - 1999. Known for: Landscape photography, teaching.
Harry Callahan (1912-1999). Born in Detroit, Harry Callahan went to Michigan State University for three semesters. The natural landscape was a subject that occupied Harry Callahan throughout his... Read full biography
Harry Callahan (1912-1999). Born in Detroit, Harry Callahan went to Michigan State University for three semesters. The natural landscape was a subject that occupied Harry Callahan throughout his career. A farmer's son with no formal training in the arts, Callahan became an acclaimed experimental... Read full biography
Harry Callahan (1912-1999). Born in Detroit, Harry Callahan went to Michigan State University for three semesters. The natural landscape was a subject that occupied Harry Callahan throughout his career. A farmer's son with no formal training in the arts, Callahan became an acclaimed experimental photographer and renowned teacher of photography in 1946 at the Chicago Institute of Design. Inspired by photographer Ansel Adams - who was already known for his Western landscape vistas - Callahan had... Read full biography
Harry Callahan (1912-1999). Born in Detroit, Harry Callahan went to Michigan State University for three semesters. The natural landscape was a subject that occupied Harry Callahan throughout his career. A farmer's son with no formal training in the arts, Callahan became an acclaimed experimental photographer and renowned teacher of photography in 1946 at the Chicago Institute of Design. Inspired by photographer Ansel Adams - who was already known for his Western landscape vistas - Callahan had a powerful attraction to his home landscape of rural Michigan. He turned his camera to fields and open spaces, and challenged notions of landscape by presenting a small slice of the world in infinite detail, in a way that removed a scene from its... Read full biography
Harry Callahan (1912-1999). Born in Detroit, Harry Callahan went to Michigan State University for three semesters. The natural landscape was a subject that occupied Harry Callahan throughout his career. A farmer's son with no formal training in the arts, Callahan became an acclaimed experimental photographer and renowned teacher of photography in 1946 at the Chicago Institute of Design. Inspired by photographer Ansel Adams - who was already known for his Western landscape vistas - Callahan had a powerful attraction to his home landscape of rural Michigan. He turned his camera to fields and open spaces, and challenged notions of landscape by presenting a small slice of the world in infinite detail, in a way that removed a scene from its relation to the earth and sky. In 1978, using color he became the first photographer chosen to represent the United States at the Ven... Read full biography
