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Remembering Eleanor Callahan

 

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Eleanor Callahan, wife and muse of photographer Harry Callahan, passed away at the age of 95. The New York Times' Richard B. Woodward had a fitting tribute to her memory yesterday. (Click here for the full article).

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Harry Callahan: Eleanor, New York, 1945

 

"With her raven hair and ripe figure, Eleanor Callahan is one of the most recognizable models in the history of 20th-century photography, an inseparable part of both the life and work of one of its most renowned artists. Clothed and standing among trees in a public park, or nude and turned to the wall while clutching a radiator in an empty room, she served as a formal element within Mr. Callahan's austere compositions as well as a symbol of womanhood. From 1941 to his death in 1999, she allowed herself to be photographed by him, without complaint, hundreds of times."

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Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago 1950

 

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Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago

 

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Harry Callahan: Eleanor, c. 1947

 

" 'He just liked to take the pictures of me,' she told an interviewer in 2008. 'In every pose. Rain or shine. And whatever I was doing. If I was doing the dishes or if I was half asleep. And he knew that I never, never said no. I was always there for him. Because I knew that Harry would only do the right thing.' "

Jerry Uelsmann in the Wall Street Journal

Posted on Feb 28, 2012

  Today's Wall Street Journal features an excellent article on the opening of "The Mind's Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann" at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the first in a collection of exhibitions highlighting PEM's 2012…

Dan Burkholder Workshops at Houston Center for Photography

Posted on Feb 23, 2012

  The John Cleary Gallery is pleased to announce a special series of workshops at the Houston Center for Photography with Dan Burkholder concomitant to the opening of his solo exhibition here at the gallery on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 6-8pm. (Mark your…

John Chakeres: Structure

Posted on Feb 23, 2012

  Defining himself as more an image builder than traditional photographer, Ohio native John Chakeres revels in expressing the beauty of the world around him through studies in order, texture, form, surface, color and light. Canvas Wall, Columbus, 2011   The…

Susan Burnstine Interviews Isa Leshko for Black+White Photography (UK)

Posted on Jan 31, 2012

  The February 2012 issue of Britain's Black+White Photography magazine will feature an interview between two John Cleary Gallery artists: "Jane-of-all-trades" extraordinaire, Susan Burnstine, and Elderly Animals photographer, Isa Leshko. Handsome One,…

Rita Bernstein: BWGallerist 2011 "Best of the Best" and Solo Exhibition Announcement

Posted on Jan 25, 2012

  Congratulations to Rita Bernstein for the recent announcement of her inclusion in the BWGAllerist "Best of the Best" Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2011! Transgression, hand applied silver emulsion on Japanese gampi paper (from the Lament series)   The…

Niniane Kelley Price Increase

Posted on Jan 25, 2012

  Please note, as of March 1, 2012 the prices of Niniane Kelley's work will be increasing from $800 to $1,200. Snapdragon   "Drawn to photography for both the immediacy of the image making process and the intrinsic alchemy of the darkroom ritual, she…

Susan Burnstine: Special Offer and News

Posted on Jan 10, 2012

  In anticipation of Photo LA this weekend (January 12 through 16, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium), Los Angeles based photographer and recent John Cleary Gallery exhibitioner, Susan Burnstine, is offering a two day only special on one of her most recent…

David Fokos: New Work

Posted on Jan 10, 2012

  Please join us Saturday, January 14, from 6 - 8 p.m. for the opening of David Fokos: New Work. The exhibition will run through Saturday, February 11. The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception. Steam, Glen Cove, Washington, 2000     The…

Isa Leshko Recent News and Accolades

Posted on Dec 29, 2011

  Photographer Isa Leshko has had quite an exciting past couple of months and the John Cleary Gallery is pleased to share with you a "round-up" of sorts of the recent press regarding acclaim for her Elderly Animal series. Moonie, Age 32   Today's New…