Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905 - January 23, 1999), was an artist born in Angri, Italy and raised in Brazil. He earned a M.A. degree in Landscape Architecture (1927) from Cornell University where he met Frances Elisabeth Watson (b. September 20, 1904 - d. April 10, 1999) whom he married in 1928; they had no children. The Sommers moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1931 and then Prescott, Arizona in 1935. Sommer became a naturalized citizen of the United States on November 18, 1939. is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Angri is a town in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area    - City 505. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Prescott (pronounced by some locals as press-kit instead of press-cot) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 40,360. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Considered a master photographer, Sommer first experimented with photography in 1931 after being diagnosed with tuberculosis the year prior. Early works on paper (starting in 1931) include watercolors, and evolve to pen-and-ink or brush plus drawings of visually composed musical score. Concurrent to the works on paper, Sommer started to seriously explore the artistic possibilities of photography in 1938 when he acquired an 8x10 Century Universal Camera, eventually encompassing the genres of still life (chicken parts and assemblage), horizonless landscapes, jarred subjects, cut-paper, cliche-verre negatives and nudes. The last artistic body of work Sommer produced (1989-1999) was collage based largely on anatomical illustrations. A photographer at the Calgary Folk Music Festival Paparazzi at the Tribeca Film Festival A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Sheet music is written representation of music. ...

Frederick Sommer had significant artistic relationships with Edward Weston (photographer), Max Ernst, Aaron Siskind, Richard Nickel and others. His archive (of negatives and correspondence) was part of founding the Center for Creative Photography in 1975 along with Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Wynn Bullock, and Aaron Siskind. He taught briefly at Prescott College during the late 60s and substituted for Harry Callahan at IIT Institute of Design in 1957-58 and later at the Rhode Island School of Design. Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was an American photographer, and co-founder of Group f/64. ... Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. ... Richard Nickel (1928-1972) was a photographer and historian who, during the 1960s and 1970s, attempted to preserve the work of Louis Sullivan as well as other 19th Century American architects (most from the Prairie School) by photographing their buildings, protesting their demolition, and (if the latter didnt work... The Center for Creative Photography (CCP), established in 1975 and located on the University of Arizona (Tucson) campus, is a research facility and archival repository containing the full archives of over 60 of the most famous American photographers including those of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Harry Callahan and Garry Winogrand... Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West. ... For the fictional character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry film series, see Harry Callahan (character). ... Wynn Bullock (April 18, 1902, Chicago - November 16, 1975, Monterey, California) was an American photographer that is notable for his photographs of nudes and of landscapes on the West Coast. ... Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was an American abstract expressionist photographer. ... Prescott College is an environmentally-oriented private liberal arts college in Prescott, Arizona that offers residential and limited-residency programs for BA, MA and Phd degrees. ... IIT Institute of Design logo Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), previously known for the New Bauhaus, is a college teaching systemic, human-centered design. ... The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, pronounced /RIZ-dee/) is one of the premier fine arts institutions in the United States. ...

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For detailed chronology, bibliography and images see

• Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation