Background
Moser was born in 1920 in New York City.
(Concentrates on in-camera techniques-though not exclusive...)
Concentrates on in-camera techniques-though not exclusively. Among the topics it covers are multiple exposures, abstractions, reflections, silhouettes, infrared film, distortion devices, special-effects filters, slide sandwiches, and photo-montages.
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Moser was born in 1920 in New York City.
Her portfolio includes black and white commercial, portrait and documentary photography, with her work continuing to have an impact. The Photo League was an early center of American documentary photography in the post war years, with membership including many of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. In a retrospective at the Fraser Gallery in Washington District of Columbia, she was described as a pioneer in the field of photojournalism.
Her career started in 1947 as an assistant in Berenice Abbott"s studio.
She then earned her first assignment from Vogue in 1949, traveling across Canada. Other magazines featuring her work include Harper"s Bazaar, Look and Esquire.
She has authored a number of books of her own work and co-authored several photographic technique books Articles and ongoing columns appeared in the New York Times, New York Sunday Times, Amphoto Guide to Special Effects, Fun in Photography, Photography, Women See Men, Women of Vision, and This Was the Photo League, among others
Moser’s series of "Camera View" articles on photography for The New York Times appeared between 1974 and 1981.
Her photography has fetched as much as $4,000 at Christie"s and other auctions and continues to be collected and displayed by more than 40 museums worldwide. Moser’s relationship to French photographer Eugène Atget can be seen in photos of Edinburgh, Scotland, as an early influence and that of American photographer Walker Evans. She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 93.
Her work has been exhibited in many museums worldwide and is in the permanent collection of
A portrait of Lida Moser, by painter Alice Neel, currently hangs in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Corcoran Gallery, Phillips Collection
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Library of Congress, Washington District of Columbia
National Archives, Ottawa
National Galleries of Scotland
National Portrait Gallery, London
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia
Her 1971 book “Construction of Exxon Building, New York City features a photo of window washers that has been recreated in Lego building blocks at Legoland Florida theme park. Office Building Lobby, New York, in which Moser’s wild overexposure has reduced organization men to near–stick figures and the lobby to an ill-defined blob, presaging by several years the visual distortions of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
(Concentrates on in-camera techniques-though not exclusive...)
(Book by Moser, Lida)
She was known for her photojournalism and street photography as a member of both the Photo League and the New York School.