Jim Hallas - Linda Graydon

Jim Hallas (The Oregonian), Linda Graydon, 1971.

Silver gelatin photograph on baryta paper, 35.4 x 20 cm. Stamped and labeled on the verso.

Provenance: Private collection, Berlin.

Condition: Aging condition. Figures are part of the condition description.

About
The American photographer Jim Hallas was a renowned press and documentary photographer who, among other assignments, worked for the daily newspaper The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon. During his more than 30-year career as a photojournalist he documented social events, personalities, and public life in the United States. His historical black-and-white photographs are characteristic examples of American press photography in the 20th century.

The 1971 photograph “Linda Graydon” was taken during his tenure for The Oregonian and is a contemporaneous record of American vintage and portrait photography from the early 1970s.