Oral history interview with Edmund Rudolph Teske
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 38 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Larsen, Susan C.
label: Names
content: Barnsdall, Aline, 1882-1946
label: Names
content: Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
label: Names
content: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
topic: label: Topic
content: Photography -- Printing processes
label: Topic
content: Photographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Larsen, Susan C.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edmund Teske (1911-1996) was a photographer from Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 96 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 May 27-30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.teske80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3199 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edmund Rudolph Teske conducted 1980 May 27-30, by Susan C. Larsen, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Teske speaks of his family background; his early interest in photography, acting and music; Jane Addams' Hull House; working in A. George Miller's commercial photography studio; aspiring to be a cinematographer; establishing the first photographic workshop at Taliesin North; photographing Chicago "in the spirit of Atget"; development of his technique; his subject matter; solarization and other printing processes; and his series, "Song of Dust". He recalls Aline Barnsdall, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others.