Artwork: 2015.4.1
Herbert Gehr at Work
This photograph is from a series that Fritz Goro took of Herbert Gehr. Gehr was a photographer who, like Goro, also worked at both the Black Star photography agency and Life magazine. Gehr was known for the use of artificial light in his photographs.
Josef Albers invited Fritz Goro to teach at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1945. Goro was supposed to teach for three weeks but was only able to come for one as Life magazine sent him to photograph the first atomic bomb blast in Alamogordo, New Mexico. At Black Mountain College, Goro spoke about science and photography and showed at exhibition of his photographs. He also made color photographs of Josef Albers' Leaf Studies and some color studies.
Josef Albers invited Fritz Goro to teach at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1945. Goro was supposed to teach for three weeks but was only able to come for one as Life magazine sent him to photograph the first atomic bomb blast in Alamogordo, New Mexico. At Black Mountain College, Goro spoke about science and photography and showed at exhibition of his photographs. He also made color photographs of Josef Albers' Leaf Studies and some color studies.
11.125 x 9.8125 inches
Gift of Michael Reid
Fritz Goro, Herbert Gehr at Work, 1945. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Michael Reid.
Thomson, Julie J. Begin to See: The Photographers of Black Mountain College. (Asheville, NC: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 2017), 34.