Paul Strand

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. In 1936, he helped found the Photo League, a cooperative of photographers who banded together around a range of common social and creative causes. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Works in Collection

34 works

Abandoned Church, Taos

Paul Strand

1932

Abstraction

Paul Strand

1916

Abstraction, Porch Shadows, Connecticut

Paul Strand

1916

Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York City

Paul Strand

1923

Barns and Sheds, Louiseville, Quebec

Paul Strand

1936

Basque Facade

Paul Strand

1951

Blind

Paul Strand

1916

Boy

Paul Strand

1953

Café de la Paix

Paul Strand

1950

Calvario, Patzcuaro

Paul Strand

1933

Central Park, New York

Paul Strand

1915

Chicken House, Stockberger's Farm, West River Valley, Ver...

Paul Strand

1944

Church Buttress, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

Paul Strand

1932

City Hall Park, New York

Paul Strand

1915

Double Akeley

Paul Strand

1922

Driftwood

Paul Strand

1929

Fifth Avenue, New York

Paul Strand

1915

From the Viaduct, 125th Street, New York

Paul Strand

1916

Gaston Lachaise

Paul Strand

1927-28

Iris

Paul Strand

1928

Leaves II

Paul Strand

1929

Man in a Derby

Paul Strand

1916

Porch Railings, Twin Lakes, Connecticut

Paul Strand

1916

Portrait, New York

Paul Strand

1916

Exhibitions

33 exhibitions

Mar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937

Photography 1839–1937

243 artists · 1 curator

May 24, 1938 – Jul 31, 1938

Three Centuries of American Art

247 artists · 7 curators

Dec 31, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics

30 artists · 2 curators

Aug 18, 1943 – Sep 19, 1943

Action Photography

44 artists · 1 curator

Nov 04, 1943 – Dec 07, 1943

Portraits

38 artists

May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944

Photography

63 artists · 1 curator

Apr 25, 1945 – Jun 10, 1945

Paul Strand: Photographs 1915–1945

1 artist · 1 curator

Jun 20, 1945 – Jun 23, 1946

The Museum Collection of Photographs

25 artists

Jun 10, 1947 – Aug 31, 1947

Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection

36 artists · 1 curator

Apr 06, 1948 – Jul 11, 1948

In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography

79 artists · 1 curator

Jul 27, 1948 – Sep 26, 1948

50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

50 artists · 1 curator

May 09, 1950 – Jul 04, 1950

Color Photography

89 artists · 1 curator

May 01, 1951 – Jul 04, 1951

Abstraction in Photography

105 artists · 1 curator

Aug 05, 1952 – Aug 18, 1952

Then and Now

54 artists · 1 curator

Jan 17, 1956 – Mar 18, 1956

Diogenes with a Camera III

4 artists · 1 curator

Nov 26, 1958 – Jan 18, 1959

Photographs from the Museum Collection

273 artists · 1 curator

Nov 18, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959

30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

140 artists

Apr 03, 1962 – May 15, 1962

50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

50 artists · 1 curator

Sep 24, 1963 – Dec 01, 1963

The Photographer and the American Landscape

19 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Edward Steichen Photography Center

130 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964 – Aug 23, 1964

The Photographer's Eye

105 artists · 1 curator

Oct 25, 1967

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

77 artists

Feb 09, 1968 – Mar 31, 1968

Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 19, 1968 – May 27, 1968

Photography as Printmaking

54 artists · 1 curator

Jul 09, 1969 – Sep 28, 1969

Portrait Photographs

43 artists · 1 curator

Jun 04, 1970 – Sep 08, 1970

Photo Eye of the 20s

29 artists · 1 curator

Sep 11, 1974 – Dec 01, 1974

Public Landscapes

23 artists · 1 curator

Apr 13, 1976 – May 10, 1976

Paul Strand, 1890–1976

1 artist

Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980

Art of the Twenties

167 artists · 1 curator

Nov 14, 1979 – Mar 16, 1980

In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection

19 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1979

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

102 artists · 1 curator

Oct 23, 1980

Reinstallation of the Collection

129 artists

Jul 09, 1981 – Oct 04, 1981

American Landscapes

40 artists · 1 curator