For Ben Shahn, Photography Was a Rough Draft: An Exhibit Makes the Case for the Artist's Power Behind a Camera

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Dorfman, John
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03-03-2000
For Ben Shahn, Photography Was a Rough Draft: An Exhibit Makes the Case for
the Artist's Power Behind a Camera

To those familiar with Ben Shahn's paintings and murals, the current
exhibit at Harvard's Arthur M. Sackler Museum, "Ben Shahn's New York: The
Photography of Modern Times," through April 30, may come as a surprise. In
fact, if Shahn were alive to see it, he'd probably be surprised, too.
That's because he didn't really think of himself as a photographer. He
never learned to use more than the simplest equipment, took all of his
pictures with one lens and only ...

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