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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

    Nature

    • Harry Callahan (1912-1999)

    Close views of grasses, weeds, and snow, presented in high-contrast black-and-white photographs, emphasizing abstraction through line, pattern, and stark tonal contrasts.

    With contributions from: MoMA (image source). Suggest an Edit

    Nature

    • Harry Callahan (1912-1999)

    Close views of grasses, weeds, and snow, presented in high-contrast black-and-white photographs, emphasizing abstraction through line, pattern, and stark tonal contrasts.

    With contributions from: MoMA (image source). Suggest an Edit

    Weed Against Sky, Detroit, 1948
    Tree, Chicago, 1956
    Weeds in Snow, Detroit, 1943
    Grasses in snow - Calligraphy, 1943
    Ivy Tentacles on Glass, Chicago, c. 1952
    Detroit, 1941
    Untitled, c. 1950
    Horseneck Beach, Massachusetts, c. 1965
    Untitled, 1941
    Untitled, 1941
    Aix-en-Provence, 1957
    Rhode Island, c. 1962
    Grasses, Wisconsin, c. 1958
    Sunlight on Water, 1943
    Chicago, c. 1950

    Books

    134431
    Elemental Landscapes: Photographs by Harry Callahan
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      Callahan
      • Aperture, 1976
      upscaled cover image 9780893818210
      Masters of Photography Series: Harry Callahan
      • Aperture, 2005
      upscaled cover image 9780300113327
      Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work
      • Yale University Press, 2005
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      Harry Callahan
      • Könemann, 1999
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      Harry Callahan
      • National Gallery of Art, 1996

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      Eleanor, c. 1947
      Eleanor
      • Harry Callahan (1912-1999)

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