Teacher and photographer, born in New York City, New York, USA. An English teacher, he started taking photographs in 1930, focusing on the textures of everyday objects. He taught photography at the Illinois Institute of Technology (195171).
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was an American abstract expressionist photographer.
Siskind's work focuses on the details of nature and architecture.
He also created a celebrated series of socially conscious images in the 40's in Harlem.
Aaron, along with Harry Callahan, taught photography at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois from the 1950's to the 1980's.
A major character in the film One Hour Photo (about a disturbed photograph developer who stalks what he sees as the perfect family) is named after Siskind.
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