Todd Webb
Michigan

Michigan

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Michigan
Michigan
ArtistAmerican, 1905–2000
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Michigan
Date1941
PlaceMichigan, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 4 7/16 in. (16.8 × 11.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 in. (34.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2615
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionIn 1941 Todd Webb signed up for a 10-day seminar in Detroit with noted photographer Ansel Adams for $30. Though dozens of students started the course, only a handful finished, including Webb and his friend and classmate Harry Callahan. Webb noted, “The enthusiasm generated by Ansel’s visit made photography something we had to do, not wanted to do.” Webb’s unique eye for expressive detail is evident in this print, a calligraphic composition of twisting vines against a fence, produced in those frenzied weeks following his first photographic seminar. This passion for the medium would sustain Webb’s career over the next 50 years.

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil top center, verso: "Todd Webb", above signature: "Michigan 1941"
Marked in pencil recto below image lower right corner, "Todd Webb '41"

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