Events
23 November 1936 | | First issue of the influential photo magazine LIFE comes out in the USA. Its use of the extended photo essay has an influence on generations of photojournalists. | El Lissitzky (1890, 23 November - 1941, 30 December) was born - Russia, Smolensk province, Pochinok. Soviet printmaker, artist, illustrator, draughtsman, architect and photographer. Alexander Rodchenko (1891, 23 November - 1956, 3 December) was born - Russia, Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg autonomous city, Rossiya republic). Soviet constructivist painter, sculptor, designer and photographer. His photomontages and collages are remarkable political statements and reminiscent of the work of John Heartfield whom he knew. Fred Smith (1929, 23 November - ) was born - US, GA, Savannah. Contemporary American print maker and photogravurist. Lewis Baltz (1945, 12 September - 2014, 23 November) died. His works on industrial parks in southern California became one of the key series in a group of photographers that became known as the ‘New Topographics‘. Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882, 11 June - 1966, 23 November) died - UK, North Wales, Colwyn Bay. By 1917, Coburn was a precursor of the Modernist movement in photography, having mastered, and improved, practically every form of photography available. For the first ten years of the twentieth century, he traveled between the USA and England and More... | January February March April May June July August September October November December
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