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| Callahan did somehow arrive quickly at the sure knowledge that the function of his own work was to describe not the public issues of the great world, but the interior shape of his private experience.
John SzarkowskiHarry Callahan () was born in Detroit, and began his career by joining the camera club at Chrysler Motors in He became one of the great innovators of twentieth-century American photography, and later taught at the Institute of Design in Chicago and then the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where he founded and directed the Graduate Program in Photography. He is known, not only for landscapes but also for his dynamic urban views, portraits of his wife, Eleanor, and extensive color work. All of this was widely published and exhibited during his lifetime, and was the subject of a major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in the late s. Previous monographs include The Photographer at Work, Elementa • Considered one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Harry Callahan helped to bring photography into the mainstream of the art world. Harry Callahan grew up in the suburb of Royal Oak, where he graduated from the public schools. His parents were farmers who moved to Detroit in order to find work in the auto industry. Callahan attended Michigan State College in East Lansing for three semesters and studied engineering. He left school in and obtained a job as a shipping clerk with Chrysler Parts Corporation. The same year, Callahan met his future wife, Eleanor Knapp. He considered this one of the two great events of his life; the other was the purchase of his first camera in His dentist showed him a movie camera and he wanted to buy one. They were too expensive, so he bought a Rolleicord still camera instead. Callahan began taking pictures as a hobby. He joined the Chrysler Camera Club and later the Detroit Photo Guild. He had no formal training as a  • Harry Callahan (photographer)American photographer and educator (–) Harry Morey Callahan (October 22, – March 15, ) was an American photographer and educator.[1][2] He taught at both the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Callahan's first solo exhibition was at the Art Institute of Chicago in He had a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in / Callahan was a recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal and the National Medal of Arts. He represented the United States in the Venice Biennale in Early life[edit] Harry Morey Callahan was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1][2] He worked at Chrysler when he was a young man then left the company to study engineering at Michigan State University. He dropped out, returned to Chrysler and joined its camera club.[3] Callahan began teaching han själv photography in He formed a friendship wit
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