Paul Strand | |
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![]() Paul Strand in a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz (1917) | |
Born | Nathaniel Paul Stransky October 16, 1890 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 31, 1976 Orgeval, Yvelines, France | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Photography, filmmaking |
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century.[1][2] In 1936, he helped found the Photo League, a cooperative of photographers who banded together around a range of common social and creative causes. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa.