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Balthazar Korab

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Between 1966 and 1968 Korab worked with Astra Zarina on a photoessay project documenting Roman roofscapes.

Balthazar Korab (Hungarian: Koráb Boldizsár; 1926–2013) was an American photographer based in Detroit, Michigan specializing in architectural, art and landscape photography.

Biography

Korab was born in Budapest, Hungary, and migrated to France after fleeing from Hungary's communist government in 1949. At the École des beaux-arts in Paris, he completed a diploma of architecture in 1954. For a time, he was a journeyman under the direction of leading European architects, including Le Corbusier.

In 1955, Korab arrived in the United States, and Eero Saarinen employed him to photograph the architectural design process. The architectural community in Detroit has embraced Korab's career, and many firms have retained him to document their building and private home projects. In 1956 he was awarded fourth place in the international design competition for the Sydney Opera House. Korab documented the 1966 flood of the Arno in Florence, Italy.[1]

In 1994, American President Bill Clinton presented a portfolio of Balthazar Korab's photography to Árpád Göncz, the president of Hungary. Korab died on January 15, 2013 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his wife Monica and two children, Christian and Alexandra. Today, Korab's collection is held at the Library of Congress.[2]

Highlights of architectural photography

Honors and career highlights

Balthazar Korab's signature

Bibliography

Books and articles featuring Korabs pictures.
  • Ferry, W. Hawkins, The Buildings of Detroit; A History, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1968
  • Schmitt, Peter and Balthazar Korab, Kalamazoo: Nineteenth-century Homes in a Midwestern Village, Kalamazoo City Historical Commission, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1976
  • Hendry, L Fay, Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids, iota Press, Okemos, Michigan, 1980
  • Hendry, L Fay, Outdoor Sculpture in Kalamazoo, iota Press, Okemos, Michigan, 1980
  • Hendry, L Fay, Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing, iota Press, Okemos, Michigan, 1980
  • New Deal, Government Architecture, Murals & Sculpture of the 1930s & 1940s: A Walking Tour of East Lansing & Lansing, photographs from the Balthazar Korab Collection ca. 1986
  • Farbman, Suzy and James P Gallagher, The Renaissance of the Wayne County Building, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc., The Old Wayne County Building Limited Partnership, Walbridge Aldinger Company, Detroit, Michigan 1989
  • Eckert, Kathryn Bishop, Buildings of Michigan, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993
  • Eckert, Kathryn Bishop, Cranbrook: The Campus Guide, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2001
  • Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher, AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2003

References

  1. ^ Conway, Paul Conway; Martha O'Hara (2018). Conway, Paul (ed.). Flood in Florence, 1966: A Fifty-Year Retrospective. doi:10.3998/mpub.9310956. hdl:2027/spo.mpub9310956. ISBN 978-1-60785-456-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Korab Collection".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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