interview, artist, artists, photorealism, Bechtle, painter, painters, oral history, Smithsonian, Archives of American Art, Terra Foundation for American Art
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Arts
Visual Arts
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History
Description:
From the mid-1960s to the present, Robert Bechtle has created sharply-focused pictures of people and street scenes with a special attention to automobiles. In this excerpt from an oral history interview conducted in 2010 for the Archives of American Art, Bechtle talks about using photography as a visual aid, as well as the value of seeing his subjects from different vantage points. The first voice you will hear is interviewer Judith Richards. This interview was funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Duration:
431 SECS
Author:
smithsonianaaa@gmail.com (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Subtitle:
Bechtle talks about using photography as a visual aid, as well as the value of seeing his subjects from different vantage points.
