Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was an American abstract expressionist photographer. In his biography he wrote that he began his foray into photography when he received a camera for a wedding gift and began taking pictures on his honeymoon. He quickly realized the artistic potential this offered. He worked in both New York City and Chicago. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, music, and culture. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Siskind's work focuses on the details of nature and architecture. He presents them as flat surfaces to create a new image out of them, which, he claimed, stands independent of the original subject. Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

He also created a celebrated series of socially concious images in the 40's in Harlem. He originally was an English teacher.

Aaron, along with Harry Callahan, taught photography at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois from the 1950's to the 1980's.

Book: "Siskind, Photographs" text by critic Harold Roseblum, published by Horizon in 1959.