ALS, 1-1/2 pages, 4/24/[19]71; to poet and editor of Voyages, William Claire. About 24 lines

Siskind responds to Claire's request for photographs to be used for the special John Logan issue of Voyages. Siskind writes, in part: "You got me just as I was about all packed | up & ready to move - East. | I am enclosing a few photograhs - presumably | for possible use on your cover. If there are photographs | to go with the poems, they will have to come | from John (and I think he has them) ... Thank you for inviting me to participate | in this issue; I wish I could do better | by you..." On the verso, Siskind includes his new address in Providence, (truncated) RI. and that of Harry Callahan. from Wikipedia: Aaron Siskind (December 4, 1903 – February 8, 1991) was an American photographer who sometimes produced images analogous to or in homage of abstract expressionist painting. In his autobiography 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. Early in his career Siskind was a member of the New York Photo League. Working with that group, Siskind produced several significant socially conscious series of images in the 1930s. Among them the "Harlem Document" remains the most famous. He originally was a grade school English teacher in the New York Public School System. In 1950 Siskind met Harry Callahan when both were teaching at Black Mountain College in the summer. Later, Callahan persuaded Siskind to join him as part of the faculty of the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago (founded by László Moholy-Nagy as the New Bauhaus). In 1971 he followed Callahan (who had left in 1961) to teach for the rest of his life at the Rhode Island School of Design. (Inventory #: 50745)