Aix-en-Provence
1958
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.1 x 23 cm (7 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Callahan Family
Accession Number
2011.95.2
Art Historical Context
Harry Callahan's *Aix-en-Provence* (1958) is a striking gelatin silver print that captures the luminous landscapes of southern France during the photographer's European travels. Callahan (1912–1999), a leading figure in mid-20th-century American photography, was renowned for his experimental approach, blending street photography, abstraction, and studies of light and form. Influenced by the Bauhaus legacy through his time at Chicago's Institute of Design, often transformed ordinary scenes into modernist compositions, emphasizing texture, shadow, and geometry. The gelatin silver print medium, ...
About the Artist
Harry Callahan
Harry Morey Callahan (1912–1999) was a pioneering American photographer whose self-taught ingenuity transformed everyday scenes into profound visual poetry. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he briefly studied engineering at Michigan State University before working at Chrysler, where he joined the company camera club. In 1938, Callahan took up photography as a hobby, but a 1941 lecture by Ansel Adams ins...