

He had a desire to promote photography as art and largely experimented with photographic abstractions, but he also used it as a tool for social reform. He was one of the founders of the Photo League- designed for photographers to promote their art toward political and social reforms.
His black and white imagery shows a vast knowledge of composition and use of light. His subject matter varies from people to landscapes, to experiments with shadows and abstract close-ups of objects. He seems to have mastered almost every area of photography and his photos are still very powerful today.

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