Providence, from The Seventh Annual Portfolio of the Photographic Education Society, Rhode Island School of Design
Maker
Beaver, Bert
Canadian, 1921-2012
Date1973, printed 1973
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsboard: 14 in x 11 in; image: 7 15/16 in x 5 3/4 in
Credit LineGift of Jed Fielding
Object number1998:159.1
About the ArtistBert Beaver studied graduated from the Provincial Institute of Technology in Calgary (1946) and the Institute of Design, Chicago (1948).In 1967, he was hired by Harry Callahan to teach photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. He served as the head of the Photography Department from 1972-1980, after Callahan retired from the position, and remained a professor of photography until 1995. He is represented in the The Seventh Annual Portfolio of the Photographic Education Society, Rhode Island School of Design, which comprises photographs by the program's participants in 1973.
Garber, Ira
1972, printed 1973
Greenfield, Jerry
1972, printed 1973
Tarnowski, Tom
n.d., printed 1973
Landman, Katherine
1972, printed 1973
Burnett, Christopher
1972, printed 1973
Ciaglia, Joe
1972, printed 1973
Dornblaser, Scot
1972, printed 1973
Gallery, Bill
1973, printed 1973
Kayafas, Gus
1972, printed 1973