Untitled (Atlanta) 1984
This photo stood out at the Tate Modern’s ‘Exposed’ exhibition in London. Harry Morey Callahan (October 22, 1912 – March 15, 1999) was a self-taught American photographer who is considered to be one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century and noted as much for his work in color as for his work in black and white. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and started photographing in 1938. By 1946, he was appointed by László Moholy-Nagy to teach photography at the Institute of Design in Chicago. He would go out almost every morning, walk the city he lived in and take numerous pictures. He then spent the afternoon making proof prints of that day’s best negatives. Yet, at his own estimation, produced no more than half a dozen final images a year.