Edmund Teske

American Photographer · 1911–1996

34 works on LinkedCulture

Edmund Teske credited a grammar school teacher with inspiring his interest in photography. He received his first box camera around 1920. During his adolescence he studied drawing, painting, and music; when he graduated from high school, he built his own darkroom in the basement of the family home. In 1934 Teske took a position as an assistant in a commercial photographic studio in Chicago. He went

Works

Abstract

Abstract

Getty Museum · about 1960s

Arizona

Arizona

Getty Museum · about 1970s

Bill Allard

Bill Allard

Getty Museum · 1962

Cactus, Taliesin West, Arizona

Cactus, Taliesin West, Arizona

Getty Museum · negative 1943; print 1960s

Carved Depiction of Crucifixion

Carved Depiction of Crucifixion

Getty Museum · about 1943–1949

Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · 1938

[Dead Roses in Urn]

[Dead Roses in Urn]

Getty Museum · 1973

Emily Forbes, Los Angeles, Calif.

Emily Forbes, Los Angeles, Calif.

Getty Museum · 1962

Indiana Sand Dunes, Lake Michigan

Indiana Sand Dunes, Lake Michigan

Getty Museum · 1935

[Jane Lawrence Smith, Santa Monica, California]

[Jane Lawrence Smith, Santa Monica, California]

Getty Museum · about 1944; print 1993

John Saxon

John Saxon

Getty Museum · about 1960s

Kenneth Anger, Topanga Canyon, Composite with Gustave Doré Engraving

Kenneth Anger, Topanga Canyon, Composite with Gustave Doré Engraving

Getty Museum · 1954; print 1960s

Leaves on Glass, Topanga Canyon, California

Leaves on Glass, Topanga Canyon, California

Getty Museum · 1952; print 1960s

Lively Brushstrokes

Lively Brushstrokes

Getty Museum · about 1943–1949

Male Nude, Davenport, Iowa, Composite with Landscape, Topanga Canyon

Male Nude, Davenport, Iowa, Composite with Landscape, Topanga Canyon

Getty Museum · 1942 and 1953; print 1973

Male Nude, Los Angeles, Composite with Tool Chest

Male Nude, Los Angeles, Composite with Tool Chest

Getty Museum · negatives 1944 and 1953; print 1961

[Marc Rambeau]

[Marc Rambeau]

Getty Museum · 1962

Marjorie Eaton

Marjorie Eaton

Getty Museum · 1958; print 1960s

Marlene Stark

Marlene Stark

Getty Museum · 1960

Mineral Baths, Big Sur, California

Mineral Baths, Big Sur, California

Getty Museum · 1967

My Mother's Hands

My Mother's Hands

Getty Museum · 1938

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

Getty Museum · 1978

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

Getty Museum · 1978

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

[Nils Vidstrand, Mono Lake]

Getty Museum · 1978

Palm Bark, Los Angeles

Palm Bark, Los Angeles

Getty Museum · 1962

Richard Soakup, Chicago

Richard Soakup, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1940

Sieve in Deterioration

Sieve in Deterioration

Getty Museum · 1939; print 1970s

[Streaming Stream, Los Angeles]

[Streaming Stream, Los Angeles]

Getty Museum · about 1970s

Ted Van Fossen and Jim Whitney, Altadena

Ted Van Fossen and Jim Whitney, Altadena

Getty Museum · 1944–1945; print 1960s

[Three Children of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Montrose, ca. 1890s, Composite with Mono Lake]

[Three Children of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Montrose, ca. 1890s, Composite with Mono Lake]

Getty Museum · 1976

Tony Smith

Tony Smith

Getty Museum · 1945

[Tree Study, Olive Hill, Hollywood]

[Tree Study, Olive Hill, Hollywood]

Getty Museum · negative 1945; print 1960s

Tree Trunk, Indiana Sand Dunes

Tree Trunk, Indiana Sand Dunes

Getty Museum · 1934; print 1970s

Wallace and Shirley Berman

Wallace and Shirley Berman

Getty Museum · 1955