Robert Natkin

Boys of Tamazunchale, 1948

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

10 x 13 3/8 inches

Lottery Ticket Seller, Mexico City, 1948

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

12 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches

Tehuantepec Bathers, 1946-7

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

13 3/8 x 10 9/16 inches

Untitled, 1946-7

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

10 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches

Tamazunchale Child, 1948

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches

Oaxaca Potters, 1948

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

13 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches

Dance of the Plumes, Near Oaxaca, 1946-8

Gelatin silver photograph on mount.

13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches

Robert Natkin (American, 1919-1996)

Chicagoan Robert Natkin started taking pictures in high school, developing and printing in a friend’s basement. At age 21, he was drafted and abruptly went from being a student in pre-med to being an Air Force gunner photographer during World War II. Afterward, Natkin became a professional photographer, specializing in capturing people in their environments all over his beloved hometown. He also made remarkable images on a trip to Mexico in 1948, photographing the Mexican people in ways quite unanticipated by those who had commissioned the work. During the 1970s, Natkin was an official photographer for the Chicago Bulls. These disparate scenarios have in common Natkin’s skillful technique and compassionate rendering.

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