Paul Strand
1890–1976 · United States / France
Clarity of form, the presence of people.
The story
Trained by Lewis Hine, Paul Strand developed a photography attentive to forms and people in New York. His early images circulated in Camera Work. He also worked in cinema, then created books combining landscapes, architecture and portraits in different countries. The precision of the print and the arrangement of image groups give the document both a formal and a political dimension.
Understanding the work
Look at surfaces and the distances between forms. In portraits, observe how the face remains an individual presence within a rigorous composition.
Key works and series
Blind Woman; Wall Street; Un Paese; Tir a’Mhurain.
Sources & further exploration
Works in collections.
10 recordsPhotographs to explore on museum and library websites, with titles, dates and processes. Each link opens the collection record and its image where one is available.
