2014-Kresge-Eminent-Artist-Rauhauser. Bill Rauhauser Photography. Bill Rauhauser photographs Detroit in black and white. Bill Rauhauser At 95, photographer Bill Rauhauser is something of a legend in the Detroit arts community. He’s spent more than 60 years taking beautiful street images that reflect the vibrancy and history of the city’s past. In January, Rauhauser was named the 2014 Kresge Eminent Artist, an honor that comes with a $50,000 prize. Later this year, Kresge will publish a monograph of Rauhauser’s career. Rauhauser started taking photos in high school with a plastic camera he ordered from a magazine for 39 cents.
He later traded a stamp collection for a 35-mm camera. Rauhauser started his career as an engineer and only thought of photography as a hobby until he saw a Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art on a visit to New York. Rauhauser spent 30 years teaching photography at the College for Creative Studies, which gave him the ability to spend more time on his craft. 5B_252lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 792 × 521 pixels) 6B_L_37lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 695 × 583 pixels) 2P_M_110lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 758 × 788 pixels) 2_049lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 491 × 506 pixels) 5B_310lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 749 × 452 pixels) 6B_L_26lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 503 × 701 pixels) 6B_M_224lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 765 × 545 pixels) 7_054lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 538 × 778 pixels) C_79lg.jpg (JPEG Image, 526 × 746 pixels)