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Leonard Cohen

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Date:

1973.

Reference:

Volume number: 8, Box number: T1538

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3214115

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Sam Tata fonds

Leonard Cohen
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Date(s):

1973.

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Place:

Montréal, Québec:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph : silver gelatin print: 25.1 x 20.2 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine
Image 25.100 x 20.200 cm

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Associated name: Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016

Photographer: Tata, Sam, 1911-2005
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Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016 : Poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter, Leonard Cohen was one of the most influential and popular 1960s Canadian writers and his songs gained him an international reputation.

Tata, Sam, 1911-2005 : Montreal photographer, Sam Tata was born in Shanghai, China of Indian parents in 1911. He began photographing in 1936 and after a start in street photography, he studied portraiture. He later travelled to India where he rediscovered his interests in photographing everyday life. He worked as a photojournalist, mostly generating reportage with frequent contributions to magazines in Bombay. In 1948, influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Tata began using a 35mm camera and developed a more spontaneous style. Some speculate that his close friendship with Henri Cartier-Bresson resulted in Tata's commitment to practicing photojournalism full-time. He returned to Shanghai in 1949 and recorded the events before and after the establishment of Mao Tse Tung's government. He immigrated to Canada in 1956 and worked as a photojournalist, specializing in Canadian cultural life. He contributed to Chatelaine, Maclean's, Star Weekly, Canadian Art, and other such publications.
He is also well known for his portraits of artists.

He has had numerous exhibitions in major North American cities as well as Shanghai and Bombay, and has been the recipient of many awards.

Sam Tata died on 3 July 2005 in Sooke, British Columbia.
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Portraits

Cohen, Leonard
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Private

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1975-150 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [2000783314] 8

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1975-150] T1538

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1975-150 NPC] RD-001290

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / RD-001290
Copyright: the estate of Sam Tata (1911-2005)
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