From the Viaduct, New York

Paul Strand, artist

1890–1976

From the Viaduct, New York, 1916

Portfolio/Series title: Camera Work XLIX/L, June 1917

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: photogravure

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 24.1 x 16.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 1/2 x 6 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund, © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Accession number: 1985.0096

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Exhibition Label:
"Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography," Jan-1991, Erin Barnett
One of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Strand championed the integration of modernist principles into photography. In his works from the late 1910s such as this, Strand used objects, including buildings, as design studies. Strand flattens the structures and distorts the viewer’s notions of space without manipulating the photograph itself.