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1960s board , rome , italy , photograph mounted on bronx , ny american photography 1926 386 img 12695.jpg roz joseph
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roz joseph

roz joseph is a photographer born in the bronx , new york in 1926 .
she later studied photography in new york city .
during the 1960s , joseph photographed `` sublime and transcendent little moments '' while traveling in europe , north africa , and elsewhere .
she is stylistically comparable to henri cartier-bresson .
she said , `` without distortion or trickery i try to uncover the eloquence in what would otherwise appear to be ordinary , common situations , and thereby awaken sensitivities for fresh experiences . ''
during the 1960s , she shot almost exclusively in black and white and processed her silver gelatin prints in her own darkroom in new york city .
in the mid-1960s , she won the grand prize in a photo competition run by the saturday review .
the award allowed roz to return to europe to pursue more photography .
in 1970 , roz moved from new york city to san francisco which she called a `` color city . ''
she shifted to shooting exclusively in color film .
joseph began to examine two new subjects in her photography : abstracted architecture and city scenes , and the cross-dressing culture of san francisco .
these color architectural details became a series known as `` city art '' .
in 1991 , chronicle books published a book of roz joseph 's architectural photography entitled `` details : the architect 's art '' .
roz joseph currently lives in san francisco with her husband , writer elliott joseph .
