Aaron Rodriguez

Photography

Oct 13, 2023

Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind Born December 4, 1903, Deceased February 8, 1991, was an American photographer

whose work focuses on the details of things, such as in flat surfaces, to create a new meaning independent of

the original subject. He was closely involved with, if not a major part of, the abstract expressionist movement,

and was close friends with painters Franz Kline , Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.

Early Career
Aaron Siskind, Born December 4, 1903, in New York, US grew up on the Lower East Side.

Shortly after graduating from City College. he became a public school English teacher. Harry
Callahan when both were teaching at Black Mountain College in the summer, where he also met

Robert Rauschenberg. Siskind was a grade school English teacher in the New York Public

School System for 25 years, and began photography when he received a camera as a wedding

gift and began taking pictures on his honeymoon.

Collection.
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: 256 prints (as of March 2019)

● San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: 18 prints (as of March 2019)
● J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California: 351 works (as of November 2019)
● Museum of Modern Art, New York: 98 works (as of November 2019)
● Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 152 works (as of September 2020)