Ben Shahn

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Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?





Born Sept. 12, 1898 — died March 14, 1969. As a youth he worked as a lithographer's apprentice; he later attended New York University and the National Academy of Design. In 1931 – 33 he achieved fame with a series of gouache paintings inspired by the Sacco-Vanzetti case, combining realism and abstraction in the service of sharp sociopolitical comment. In 1933 he assisted Diego Rivera with his Rockefeller Center mural and worked for the Public Works of Art Project. In 1935 – 38 he depicted rural poverty while working as an artist and photographer for the Farm Security Administration. After World War II he concentrated on easel painting, poster design, and book illustration.







Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

Most of his work looks like drawings to me or I should say posters. His work looks more like some art project or I might say some one with mental problems. They looked disturbing to me and I would have to say that his work is not my cup of tea…When I think of photos I want to see places or people and not what he was doing.









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