Weed against sky, Detroit 1948
© Harry Callahan, courtesy of George Eastman House
Eleanor, Chicago, 1951
© Harry Callahan, courtesy of George Eastman House
Eleanor, Chicago, 1949
© Harry Callahan, courtesy of George Eastman House
Eleanor, Aix-en-Provence 1958 © Harry Callahan
Milkweed seeds on opaque glass lighted from behind. About 1953
© Harry Callahan, courtesy George Eastman House
Eleanor, about 1947
© Harry Callahan
To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures. Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters..
The mystery isn’t in the technique, it’s in each of us
I guess I’ve shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like.
HARRY CALLAHAN
A visual journey 