Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)

Callahan was a self-taught photographer best known for his experimental work and landscapes and his wife Eleanor and daughter Barbara.  He was also a photography teacher, leading classes at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Chicago Institute of Design for 32 years while continuing to develop his own artistic practice. 

Inspired by Ansel Adams’ photographs of wide vistas, Callahan shifted the notion of landscape by presenting a small section of his view in a detail that often removed and/or challenged the viewer’s perspective. In 1978 he was the first photographer to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale and at this time he was shooting in color.  Callahan had a long (over 50 years) career including multiple exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and many international exhibitions as well.  In 1996 he received the National Medal of the Arts from President Bill Clinton.  Callahan’s images are in numerous and many of our nation’s most significant museum collections and important corporate and private collections focused on photography.

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