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Label Text Within a long and varied career, Stouman’s great subject as a photographer was Times Square in New York City, which he captured for over 45 years, eventually publishing a book on the subject. Stoumen was also an influential professor of cinematography at UCLA for many years. He won two Academy Awards for documentary films in 1957 and 1963 and developed a camera movement technique for filming still photographs that is still widely used in documentaries today. 
Published ReferencesStoumen, Times Square: 45 Years of Photography (Aperture, 1985), p. 66
DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 x 10 13/16 in. (35.2 x 27.5 cm)
Image: 11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. (30 x 22.5 cm)
Accession Number 2025.153
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsLS 4267.2 (verso u,l graphite) 3000- (verso u,l graphite)
MarksCertified Negative and Print made by Lou Stoumen From the Artist's Estate (verso c, stamp in black ink)
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Listening to the Ballgame, Times Square
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines