Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Lou Stoumen — Forty Years: Lou Stoumen
Lou Stoumen

Forty Years: Lou Stoumen

A retrospective collection of twenty gelatin silver prints spanning four decades of Lou Stoumen's distinguished photographic career, this work showcases his masterful ability to capture the raw energy and humanity of street life. Exhibited across two prestigious galleries in New York and Los Angeles, the portfolio reflects Stoumen's keen documentary eye and his talent for finding poetic moments within everyday urban existence. The gelatin silver prints demonstrate his technical precision and enduring commitment to black-and-white photography as a powerful storytelling medium.

Medium
New York: The Witkin Gallery and Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, 1980-1981. Twenty gelatin silver prints.

🔨 Auction Lot

Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

October 1, 2014

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

More by Lou Stoumen

About this work

Lou Stoumen, Forty Years: Lou Stoumen

A retrospective collection of twenty gelatin silver prints spanning four decades of Lou Stoumen's distinguished photographic career, this work showcases his masterful ability to capture the raw energy and humanity of street life. Exhibited across two prestigious galleries in New York and Los Angeles, the portfolio reflects Stoumen's keen documentary eye and his talent for finding poetic moments within everyday urban existence. The gelatin silver prints demonstrate his technical precision and enduring commitment to black-and-white photography as a powerful storytelling medium.

Medium
New York: The Witkin Gallery and Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, 1980-1981. Twenty gelatin silver prints.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cultural, Monochrome, Photography, Documentary, Historic, American, Gelatin Silver Print, Portrait, Narrative, Black and White

More works by Lou Stoumen