Harry Callahan
American Photographer · 1912–1999
34 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
Works
![[Camera movement on car front]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/81c2e5a8-dadc-4335-8146-4aa4f4937616/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Camera movement on car front]
Getty Museum · about 1945
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[Chicago]
Getty Museum · about 1948
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[Chicago]
Getty Museum · 1950
Chicago
Getty Museum · 1948
Chicago
Getty Museum · about 1950
Chicago
Getty Museum · 1953
Chicago
Getty Museum · about 1949
Chicago
Getty Museum · about 1949
Chicago
Getty Museum · about 1949
Cuzco, Peru
Getty Museum · 1974
Dearborn Street, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1948
Detroit
Getty Museum · about 1942
Eleanor
Getty Museum · 1947
Eleanor
Getty Museum · 1947
Eleanor
Getty Museum · 1949
Eleanor
Getty Museum · 1947
Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1954
Eleanor, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1953
Eleanor, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1947
Eleanor, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1952
Eleanor, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1948
Eleanor, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1954
Eleanor, New York
Getty Museum · 1945
Eleanor, Port Huron
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print about 1967
Highland Park, Michigan
Getty Museum · 1941–1942
Highland Park, Michigan
Getty Museum · 1941–1942
Highland Park, Michigan
Getty Museum · 1941–1942
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[Ice Formation]
Getty Museum · about 1945
![[Multiple exposure (people walking), Chicago]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8239a77e-48b1-4bfc-985b-eae81f03fd36/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Multiple exposure (people walking), Chicago]
Getty Museum · about 1955
New York
Getty Museum · 1945
New York
Getty Museum · 1945
Providence, Rhode Island
Getty Museum · 1965
Rhode Island
Getty Museum · about 1962
Wall, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1947