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Louis Faurer

American photographer (1916-2001) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 84

Louis Faurer was an American candid or street photographer. He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Edward Steichen, who...

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Guggenheim Fellowship1979

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He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Edward Steichen, who included his work in the Museum of Modern Art exhibitions In and Out of Focus (1948) and The Family of Man (1955).

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2001 · aged 84