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Publisher Note

Harry Callahan was a master of traditional genres such as portraiture, landscape, architecture and nature studies, but also experimented with new ways of using the medium.
One of Callahan’s favorite themes was the repeating pattern, whether in multiple reeds reflected on a lake‘s surface or the rows of windows on a building‘s facade. While lesser known than some of his other work, Callahan’s collages demonstrate an intense interest in and profound understanding of the process of photographic seeing. His collages are rigorous yet playful explorations of a visual world created in his studio. The subject is either faces cut from magazines or rectangles cut from black or white paper. Callahan then photographed the collages pinned to his studio wall on his 8x10 inch view camera, one leading to the next to create this never before published series.

Photobook

Seven Collages

by Harry Callahan

Publisher
Release Place Göttingen, Germany
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2012
Credits
Writer: Julian Cox
Artist: Harry Callahan
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-3-86930-140-2
Work  
Topics Collage, Pattern
Language English
Format hardcover cloth-bound
Dimensions 28.0 × 32.4 cm
Pages 32