Camera work is pleased to announce an exhibition of Luis Faurer
(1916-2011. Over 100 works shall be displayed of the photographer
internationally known for his Fashion pics, being also respected for
his Streetpotography in the 20th century. An extensive number of the
shown pieces ist part of the collection of CAMERA WORK AG.

It is Faurer’s personal work from the '40s, '50s, and '60s for which
he is best remembered. He photographed the streets of New York and
Philadelphia, capturing the restless energy of urban life. His
sensitive lens probed the great variety of the city's human face,
especially "the lonely Times Square people for whom Faurer felt a deep
sympathy."[1
Faurer experimented with blur, grain, double exposures, sandwiched
negatives, reflections, slow film speeds, and low lighting to achieve
the effects he was seeking. As exacting in the darkroom as he was in
the field, he was notorious for being a tireless perfectionist when it
came to cropping and printing his work.
In the mid- and late 1960s Faurer experimented with hand-held 16mm
Arriflex and Beaulieu movie cameras, filming in the streets of
Manhattan, extending his still camera style into a cinematic medium.
He also edited this footage.
Between 1969 and 1974 he lived and worked abroad, mostly in Paris.
From the mid-’70s to the mid-’80s, Faurer taught at numerous art
schools and universities, including the Parsons School of Design in
New York City, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Yale
University, The New School for Social Research and Stockton State
College in New Jersey. He also received grants from the NEA and the
Guggenheim.

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