Name Lida Moser | Years active 1947 — 2014 | |
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Notable work Judy and the Boys, 1961 Died August 12, 2014, Washington, D.C., United States Books Québec à l'été 1950, Amphoto guide to special effects | ||
Exposition mnbaq lida moser vue par christine st pierre
Lida Moser (August 17, 1920 – August 12, 2014) was an American-born photographer and author, with a career that spanned more than six decades, before retiring in her 90s. She was known for her photojournalism and street photography as a member of both the Photo League and the New York School. Her portfolio includes black and white commercial, portrait and documentary photography, with her work continuing to have an impact.
Contents
- Exposition mnbaq lida moser vue par christine st pierre
- Lida moser a simple tribute
- Career
- Permanent collections
- Significant works
- Books
- In popular culture
- References
The Photo League was an early center of American documentary photography in the post war years, with membership including many of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. In a retrospective at the Fraser Gallery in Washington DC, she was described as a pioneer in the field of photojournalism.
Lida moser a simple tribute
Career
Moser was born in 1920 in New York City. Her career started in 1947 as an assistant in Berenice Abbott's studio. She then earned her first assignment from Vogue in 1949, traveling across Canada. Other magazines featuring her work include Harper's Bazaar, Look and Esquire. She has authored a number of books of her own work and co-authored several photographic technique books. Articles and ongoing columns appeared in the New York Times, New York Sunday Times, Amphoto Guide to Special Effects, Fun in Photography, Career Photography, Women See Men, Women of Vision, and This Was the Photo League, among others.
Moser’s series of "Camera View" articles on photography for The New York Times appeared between 1974 and 1981. Her photography has fetched as much as $4,000 at Christie's and other auctions and continues to be collected and displayed by more than 40 museums worldwide. Moser’s relationship to French photographer Eugène Atget can be seen in photos of Edinburgh, Scotland, as an early influence and that of American photographer Walker Evans.
She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 93.
Permanent collections
Her work has been exhibited in many museums worldwide and is in the permanent collection of
Significant works
Books
In popular culture
Her 1971 book “Construction of Exxon Building, New York City features a photo of window washers that has been recreated in Lego building blocks at Legoland Florida theme park.
Office Building Lobby, New York, in which Moser’s wild overexposure has reduced organization men to near–stick figures and the lobby to an ill-defined blob, presaging by several years the visual distortions of 2001: A Space Odyssey