Aaron Siskind
1903–1991
Introduction
Aaron Siskind (December 4, 1903 – February 8, 1991) was an American photographer whose work focuses on the details of things, presented as flat surfaces to create a new image independent of the original subject. He was closely involved with, if not a part of, the abstract expressionist movement, and was close friends with painters Franz Kline (whose own breakthrough show at the Charles Egan Gallery occurred in the same period as Siskind's one-man shows at the same gallery), Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.
Wikidata identifier
Q302714
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Introduction
Born 4 December 1903; died 8 February 1991. Siskind took his first photographs while on vacation in Bermuda in 1930. In 1932 Siskind worked as a freelance photographer. In 1935 Siskind photographed the Harlem district of New York City, New York for the "Harlem Document". From 1951 to 1959 Siskind served as a professor of photography at Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1959 he became director of the photography department, a position he held until 1970. Siskind was a founding member of the Society for Photographic Education in 1963. In 1981 Siskind photographed in Peru.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, photographer, teacher
ULAN identifier
500024299
Names
Aaron Siskind
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68 works
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New York 74
1989 -
Westport 9
1988 -
Vermont 225
1987 -
Vermont 104
1987 -
Recife 39
1986 -
Recife (Olivida) 2
1986 -
Salvador, Bahia 261
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Bahia 151
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Salvador, Bahia 212
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Salvador, Bahia 256
1984 -
Acaraju 11
1984 -
Providence 35
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New York 172
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Morocco 72
1982 -
Vera Cruz (A) 89
1981 -
Chosica 60
1980 -
New York 119
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New York 5
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Mexico 32
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New York 107
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New York 78
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New York 16
1976 -
Remembering Joseph Cornell in Merida 10
1975 -
Utah 223
1975 -
Providence 47
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Lima 137
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California 17
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Lima 59
1975 -
Cusco Wall 68
1975 -
Boston 21 (Homage to Franz Kline)
1974
68 works