Oral history interview with Arnold Newman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 47 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Brodovitch, Alexey, 1898-1971
label: Names
content: Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Rose, Ben, 1916-1980
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arnold Newman (1918-2006) was a photographer by New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 144 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 July 17-Aug. 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.newman71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Arnold Newman conducted 1971 July 17-Aug. 23, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Newman speaks of his early life in New York, Atlantic City, and Miami; learning the basics of photography as an apprentice to Litt Brothers; his West Palm Beach studio and his exhibition at A.D. Gallery in New York. He recalls being discovered by the Museum of Modern Art and Stieglitz and his first portraits of artists. Newman comments on influences on his work; his techniques and equipment and his difficulties with color photography. He discusses commissions; judging photographic talent; LIFE, "Holiday," and "Harper's" assignments and commercial photography. Newman relates anecdotes about some of the artists he photographed and talks about the formation of his own primitive art collection. He reminisces about Ben Rose, Chaim Gross, Jacob Epstein, Ben Shahn, and Alexey Brodovitch.