early life and career
harold corsini was an american photographer born in new york city in 1919. he began his career as a freelancer and assisted arnold s. eagle for three years as a photography teacher for the national youth administration. corsini admired the work of roy stryker's farm security administration photographers and joined the photo league in 1938.photographic work
corsini worked for life magazine and later joined the standard oil documentary project under roy stryker. in 1950, he accompanied stryker to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and assisted him as head of the photographic department at the pittsburgh photographic library. he chronicled the city's first renaissance and remained in pittsburgh when the ppl disbanded to begin his own commercial photography business. he eventually became the official photographer for u.s. steel.legacy and later life
corsini's work with u.s. steel reflected the industry from labor to output, and included industrial and technical pieces. he retired in 1975 and joined the faculty at carnegie mellon university, where he taught for nine years. his photographic work is held by the university of louisville photographic archives, the george eastman house photo collection, the carnegie museum of art, and the university of pittsburgh. he died on new year's day 2008, aged 88, following a stroke.- harold corsini's biography can be found on WahooArt.com, which provides an in-depth look at his life and work.
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Questions & Answers
In which historical period did Harold Corsini work?
Harold Corsini worked in the Modern period. The period situates the artist's activity in history.
Can I visit a virtual museum of Harold Corsini's works?
Harold Corsini's artworks can be seen in a 3D gallery on the artist's 3D Museum page.
Is there a timeline of Harold Corsini's works?
A timeline of Harold Corsini's works exists: the artist's Artwork Timeline page orders the artworks by creation date.
