Date of Birth:

Oct 16, 1890 (136 years)

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Biography:

Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Strand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia