Harry Callahan

Harry Callahan

American Photographer · 1912–1999

63 works on LinkedCulture

Harry Callahan was self-taught as a photographer. Inspired by a workshop and lecture given by Ansel Adams, he began to photograph in Detroit. In the early 1940s, he took time off from his job at General Motors to concentrate on his photography. Around that time he went to New York, where he met Berenice Abbott, Paul Strand, and Lisette Model. Callahan began teaching photography at the Institute of

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Alley, Chicago

Alley, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1948; print later

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[Camera movement on car front]

[Camera movement on car front]

Getty Museum · about 1945

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod

Getty Museum · 1972

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[Chicago]

[Chicago]

Getty Museum · 1950

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[Chicago]

[Chicago]

Getty Museum · about 1948

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · about 1949

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · 1949

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · 1953

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · 1950

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1949; print about 1970

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · about 1949

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · about 1949

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1950; print about 1970s

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1949; print about 1975–1980

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · 1948

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Chicago

Chicago

Getty Museum · about 1950

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Cuzco, Peru

Cuzco, Peru

Getty Museum · 1974

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Cuzco, Peru

Cuzco, Peru

Getty Museum · 1974

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Dearborn Street, Chicago

Dearborn Street, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1948

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Desert and Blue Sky, Egypt

Desert and Blue Sky, Egypt

Getty Museum · 1978

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Detroit

Detroit

Getty Museum · about 1942

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Detroit

Detroit

Getty Museum · negative 1942; print about 1970

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Eleanor

Eleanor

Getty Museum · 1947

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Eleanor

Eleanor

Getty Museum · 1947

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Eleanor

Eleanor

Getty Museum · 1947

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Eleanor

Eleanor

Getty Museum · 1949

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Eleanor

Eleanor

Getty Museum · 1949

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Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1954

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Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative about 1952; print later

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Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1954

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Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1953; print 1970s

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1952

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1952; print about 1957

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1949

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1952; print later

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1954

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1953

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1947

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1948

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1949; print later

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1947

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Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Getty Museum · 1948

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Eleanor, Indiana

Eleanor, Indiana

Getty Museum · 1948

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Eleanor, New York

Eleanor, New York

Getty Museum · 1945

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Eleanor, Port Huron

Eleanor, Port Huron

Getty Museum · negative 1954; print about 1967

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Facade with Tree, Chicago

Facade with Tree, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1949; print later

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Grass, Wisconsin

Grass, Wisconsin

Getty Museum · 1958

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Highland Park, Michigan

Highland Park, Michigan

Getty Museum · 1941–1942

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Highland Park, Michigan

Highland Park, Michigan

Getty Museum · 1941–1942

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Highland Park, Michigan

Highland Park, Michigan

Getty Museum · 1941–1942

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[Ice Formation]

[Ice Formation]

Getty Museum · about 1945

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Log in Water

Log in Water

Getty Museum · about 1950

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[Multiple exposure (people walking), Chicago]

[Multiple exposure (people walking), Chicago]

Getty Museum · about 1955

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Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago

Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago

Getty Museum · negative 1956; print later

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New York

New York

Getty Museum · 1945

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New York

New York

Getty Museum · 1945

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Paris

Paris

Getty Museum · 1957

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Getty Museum · 1965

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Getty Museum · about 1962

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Untitled

Untitled

Getty Museum · about 1950

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