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Harry Callahan#4

It is almost cubist isn't it?

Harry Callahan, Skyscrapers, New York, 1978

This photograph is part of the visual language that was developed from the 1950s that was tied to personal experience and American experience:

Harry Callahan, Skyscraper with Person and Flagpole, New York, 197

This visual language was based on looking squarely at the commonplace in urban life and the images of the public visual world. In some ways it was akin to placing a frame around what already existed.

The language being created is one of commonplace content and sophisticated visual form.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at June 25, 2004 12:24 AM | TrackBack