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His experimentation and humanistic approach to the medium had a lasting impact on American photography. Callahan frequently photographed his wife and daughter, deliberately combining the features of casual snapshots with the intense clarity of the large-format camera. The playfulness of these photographs – Chicago appears to be empty of everyone but the Callahan family – also demonstrates photography’s power in shaping its own world.\r\n\r\nThroughout the 1950s, Callahan often photographed his wife and child in various outdoor settings in Chicago, their home for many years.  Many of these images were part of a series of 8 x 10 'snapshots' that he made of Eleanor and Barbara.  In this particular photograph, we find the two figures in a large park with the skyline of Chicago behind them.  Callahan was able later to combine a successful career in teaching with his ongoing photographic projects.","physicalDescription":"Photograph of Eleanor and Barbara in Chicago, 1953","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Callahan, Harry","id":"A13187"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"photographic paper","id":"AAT14190"}],"techniques":[{"text":"gelatin silver process","id":"AAT139114"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gelatin silver print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2024PA4200","2006BC2073"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"101","id":"THES49933"},"free":"","case":"WE","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Chicago","id":"x30479"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1953","earliest":"1953-01-01","latest":"1953-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"569","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"framed","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"416","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"framed","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought 1987","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"20thC; Callahan Harry, Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago, 1953","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Salvesen, Britt, <u>Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work</u>. 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Many things I can't return to and many things I return to come out better.\"\r\n- Harry Callahan","date":{"text":"11/09/2007-28/06/2008","earliest":"2007-09-11","latest":"2008-06-28"}},{"text":"Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2011-2012, label text : \r\n\r\nHarry Callahan (1912-99)\r\n‘Eleanor and Barbara’, ‘Lake Michigan’, ‘Eleanor and\r\nBarbara, Chicago’, ‘Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago’\r\n1952-3\r\n\r\nThe tiny figures in these images are the photographer’s\r\nwife and child. Callahan often documented his family,\r\ncreating intimate views of everyday life that were\r\nalso meticulously crafted and strong in contrast.\r\nIn 1946 he was invited to teach photography at the\r\nInstitute of Design in Chicago, the ‘New Bauhaus’,\r\nrenowned for its innovative approach to design\r\nand education.\r\n\r\nGelatin silver prints\r\nMuseum nos. 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