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Paul Strand

• Born October 16, 1890. Died March 31, 1976.
• He was born in New York City to Bohemian parents.
• He was an American photographer and filmmaker.
• He and other modernist photographers helped start up photography as a way of art in the 20th century.
• He was a student known by documentary photographer Lewis Hine at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
• It was during a school trip that he first visited the 291 art gallery, created by Alfred Stieglitz and where he also met Edward Steichen. 
• A couple of his works were promoted in the 291 gallery itself.
• Other works of Paul show his interest in using the camera a better and different way.
• He later worked in motion pictures and still photography too.
• His first film was Manhatta (1921) which is a silent film showing the say to say life of New York City.
• This film includes a similar show of his famous 'Wall Street' (1915) photograph. 
• He later moved and lived in Mexico. Worked on film there, 'Redes' (1936) 
• He was also involved in other films such as 'The plow that broke the plains' (1936) and 'Native Lands' (1942). 
• He married three times to three different ladies. Where two of them were artists.

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