PaulStrand(1890-1976)wasmorethanagreatartist:hewasadiscovererofthetruepotentialofphotographyasthemostdynamicmediumofthetwentiethcentury.Purity,eleganceandpassionarethehallmarksofStrand’simagery.Asayouth,StrandstudiedunderLewisHineandwentontodrawacclaimfromsuchillustrioussourcesasAlfredStieglitz.AfterWorldWarII,Strandtraveledaroundtheworldtophotograph,and,intheprocess,createdadynamicandsignificantbodyofwork.InthisredesignedandexpandedversionofaclassicAperturebook,PeterBarberie,BrodskyCuratorofPhotographs,AlfredStieglitzCenter,PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt,aleadinghistorianonStrand,andcuratorofthemajor2014retrospectiveexhibitionatthePhiladelphiaMuseumofArt,introducestheworkandpresentsanimage-by-imagecommentary,alongwithanexpandedchronologyoftheartist’slife.“PaulStrandisoneofthosephotographerswhohaveestablishednotjustabodyofworkbutawayofseeing.Hisprintsencouragetheeyetotakeanapparentlyendlessjourney.“--“TheTimesLiterarySupplement,“fromareviewoftheoriginaledition.
