Harry K. Shigeta was born in 1887 in Ueda, Japan. He came to live in Seattle, Washington at the age of 16. Throughout his life, he spent time in Minneapolis, Los Angelas, and Chicago where he worked in several portrait photography studios. In 1930 he partnered with fellow photographer George Wright to open the Shigeta-Wright Studio and became known for his modern and industrial photographs.
Boy dragging a glowing block to a row of furnaces in a factory building. Several other boys are seen at work behind him.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Klaus Kocher
Hal Gould at "21", 2004
Gelatin Silver Print
17 x 22 in
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R. Willard Dean
Great Sand Dunes, 1995
Chromogenic Print
11 x 16 in
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Sam Abell
Hagi, Japan, 1980
Cibachrome print
19.5 x 13 in
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Col. Robert R. Gideon
Halloween Harvest, 1974
Chromogenic Print
8 x 8 in
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Carl Brandauer
Grotto II, 1972
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5 x 13.25 in
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Carl Brandauer
Grotto I, 1972
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5 x 13.25 in
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Rush J. McCoy
Great Sand Dune National Monument, 1972
Gelatin Silver Print
15.5 x 15 in
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Shirley Hall
Harbor Traffic
Gelatin Silver Print
15.5 x 19.5 in
About the artist
Harry K. Shigeta
1887-1963