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).
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."
Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago 1950
Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago
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.' "
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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).
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."
Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago 1950
Harry Callahan: Eleanor, Chicago
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.' "
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