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Blatas, Arbit

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Arbit Blatas (1908-1999) was born a Russian Jew in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1908. He began painting very early, and had his first exhibition at the age of 14. His father refused to let him go to Paris to study unless he could prove he was talented, so at 17 the two of them went to Riga to see a painter there and have him assess young Blatas' skills. Fortunately, he deemed the boy very talented and so Blatas' father agreed to let him go to Paris. He arrived in Paris at the pe...

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Photography gallery; San Francisco, Calif., founded by Helen Johnston in 1966. Located on Union Street until its closing in 1985, the gallery exhibited American and international photographers. Johnston's bookshop was also located at the gallery, and continued on at another location from 1985 to 1987. From the description of Focus Gallery records, 1966-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394792 ...

Porter, Eliot

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Photographer and pioneer in dye transfer color printing. From the description of Dr. W. Powell Cottrille collection of Eliot Porter materials, 1960-1964. (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library). WorldCat record id: 122597752 From the description of Stephen Porter collection of Eliot Porter papers, 1953-1989 (bulk 1960s). (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library). WorldCat record id: 122492168 From the description of Eliot Porter/Ansel Ada...

Caponigro, Paul, 1932-....

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Caponigro, Paul. American Photography. Born: Boston, December 7, 1932. Education: Attended high school in Boston, 1946-50; studied piano, College of Music, Boston University, 1950-51; studied photography, with Benjamin Chin and Alfred W. Richter, at California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1956, and with Minor White, at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 1957-58. Military Service: Served as photographer in the United States Army, 1953-55. Family: Married Eleanor Morris in 1964; s...

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976

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Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) was an American photographer known for her early work in botanical imagery and nudes. During the 1930's, Cunningham explored the industrial and architectural forms of oil refineries, lumber mills, and shipyards. During the 1940's, her focus shifted to documentary street photography. Cunningham remained active, continuing to photograph and organize her work until just before her death at the age of 93. From the guide to the Imogen Cunningham Letter to Geo...

Weston, Brett

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American photographer and sculptor, 1911-1993. From the description of Brett Weston : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 680714885 ...

Siskind, Aaron, 1971-

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Siskind, Aaron. American Photographer. Born: New York City, 4 December 1903. Education: DeWitt Clinton High School, New York; City College of New York, B.S.S. in literature 1926; self-taught in photography. Family: Married Sidonie Glaller in 1929. Instructor in English, various public schools, New York, 1926-49. Took first photos, Bermuda, 1930; professional freelance photographer since 1932. Member of the Film and Photo League, New York, 1932-35, 1936-41. Part-time Instructor in Photography, Tr...

Dater, Judy

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Judy Dater was a Photographer and photography model of Berkeley, Calif. Among Dater's best-known images is one of Imogen Cunningham photographing Twinka Thiebaud, Wayne Theibaud's daughter, at a field workshop in Yosemite. Dater also posed for Cunningham, Wynn Bullock, Ruth Bernhard , and, as a graduate student at San Francisco State University, her teacher and husband-to-be, Jack Welpott. From the description of Oral history interview with Judy Dater, 2000 J...

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Uelsmann, Jerry, 1934-....

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Jerry N. Uelsmann (1934-) is a photographer in Gainesville, Fla. From the description of Oral history interview with Jerry N. Uelsmann, 2009 Nov. 21-22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316824 Jerry Uelsmann received his M.F.A. from Indiana University and taught at U. Florida. He has exhibited in U.S. and abroad and his photographs are in some museum collections. From the description of Untitled [woman/river gorge] [picture] / Jerry N. Uelsmann. 1992. (Haverford...