Representative work by Aaron Siskind
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Artist

Aaron Siskind

1903–1991 · American

  • City College of New York
  • DeWitt Clinton High School

Aaron Siskind moved from socially engaged documentary projects into close-up photographs of walls, tar, paint and found marks. His mature work brought photography into direct dialogue with Abstract Expressionism.

Photography

Major Works

  • Chicago 30
  • New York 2
  • Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation
  • Kentucky series
  • Gloucester series
  • Martha’s Vineyard series
  • Rome series
  • Chicago Walls
  • Harlem Document
  • Terrors and Pleasures

Interviews & Writing

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