1. Paul Strand 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.
12 Facts About Paul Strand
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Paul Strand was born Nathaniel Paul Stransky on October 16,1890, in New York; his Bohemian parents were merchant Jacob Stransky and Matilda Stransky.
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When Paul was 12, his father gave him a camera as a present.
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Paul Strand was one of the founders of the Photo League, an association of photographers who advocated using their art to promote social and political causes.
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From 1933 to 1952, Paul Strand had no darkroom of his own and used those of others.
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In 1948, CBS commissioned Paul Strand to contribute a photo for an advertisement captured "It is Now Tomorrow": Paul Strand's photo showed television antennas atop New York City.
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In June 1949, Paul Strand left the United States to present Native Land at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czechoslovakia.
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Paul Strand married the painter Rebecca Salsbury on January 21,1922.
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Paul Strand photographed her frequently, sometimes in unusually intimate, closely cropped compositions.
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Paul Strand married Hazel Kingsbury in 1951 and they remained married until his death in 1976.
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Paul Strand was closely involved with Frontier Films, one of more than 20 organizations that were identified as "subversive" and "un-American" by the US Attorney General.
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In 1984 Paul Strand was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.