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Arthur Tress (b. 1940) is a singular figure in the landscape of
postwar American photography. His seminal series, The Dream
Collector, depicts Tress's interests in dreams, nightmares,
fantasies, and the unconscious and established him as one of the
foremost proponents of magical realism at a time when few others
were doing staged photography. This volume presents the first
critical look at Tress's early career, contextualizing the highly
imaginative, fantastic work he became known for while also
examining his other interrelated series: Appalachia: People and
Places,; Open Space in the Inner City,; Shadow,;and Theater of the
Mind. James A. Ganz, Mazie M. Harris, and Paul Martineau plumb
Tress's work and archives, studying ephemera, personal
correspondence, unpublished notes, diaries, contact sheets, and
more to uncover how he went from earning his living as a social
documentarian in Appalachia to producing surreal work of
"imaginative fiction." This abundantly illustrated volume imparts a
fuller understanding of Tress's career and the New York
photographic scene of the 1960s and 1970s.
"I would hope that I am one of a kind." -Rodney Smith Mystery and
manners, romance and fun-the sophisticated compositions and stylish
characters in the extraordinary pictures of fashion photographer
Rodney Smith (1947-2016) exist in a timeless world of his
imagination. Born in New York City, Smith started out as a
photo-essayist, turned to portrait photography, and found his
niche, and greatest success, in fashion photography. Inspired by W.
Eugene Smith, taught by Walker Evans, and devoted to the techniques
of Ansel Adams, Smith was driven by the dual ideals of technical
mastery and pure beauty. This lavish volume features nearly two
hundred reproductions of Smith's images-many that have never before
been published-and weaves together a biocritical essay by Getty
Museum curator Paul Martineau and a technical assessment of Smith's
production by the Center for Creative Photography's chief curator,
Rebecca Senf. It maps Smith's creative trajectory-including his
introduction to photography, early personal projects, teaching,
commissioned pieces, and career in fashion-and provides insight
into his personal life and character, contextualizing his work and
creative tendencies within his privileged but lonely upbringing and
his complex emotional and psychological makeup. Rodney Smith is the
definitive record of the life's work and worldview of a truly
original artist.
With more than 26,000 works, the Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. collection
of photographs is the largest single group of artworks in any
medium at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Wagstaff (1921-1987) amassed
his extraordinary collection between 1973 and 1984, recognizing
early that photography was an undervalued art form on which he
might have a profound impact as a collector. He was mainly
attracted to photographs that stimulated his imagination, and his
taste ran toward the idiosyncratic-images that surprised him
chiefly because he had never seen them before.In choosing the 147
works reproduced in this volume, Paul Martineau selected
masterpieces as well as images from obscure sources:
daguerreotypes, cartes-de-visite, and stereographs, plus mug shots,
medical photographs, and works by unknown makers. The latter
category contains some of the most outstanding objects in the
collection, demonstrating Wagstaff's willingness to position
unfamiliar images alongside works by established masters as well as
underrepresented contemporary artists of the time, including Jo Ann
Callis, William Garnett, and Edmund Teske.This book is published to
accompany an eponymous exhibition on view at the J.Paul Getty
Museum from March 15 to July 31, 2016; at the Wadsworth Atheneum in
Hartford, CT, from September 10 to December 11, 2016; and at the
Portland Museum of Art in Portland, ME, from February 1 to April
30, 2017.
Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue
complements the first comprehensive retrospective in the United
States of Imogen Cunningham's work in over thirty-five years.
Celebrated American artist Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) enjoyed a
long career as a photographer, creating a large and diverse body of
work that underscored her unique vision, versatility, and
commitment to the medium. An early feminist and inspiration to
future generations, Cunningham intensely engaged with Pictorialism
and Modernism; genres of portraiture, landscape, the nude, still
life, and street photography; and themes such as flora, dancers and
music, hands, and the elderly. Organized chronologically, this
volume explores the full range of the artist's life and career. It
contains nearly two hundred color images of Cunningham's elegant,
poignant, and groundbreaking photographs, both renowned and lesser
known, including several that have not been published previously.
Essays draw on primary sources at the Imogen Cunningham Trust, the
Cunningham papers at the Archives of American Art, and contributing
author Susan Ehrens's personal interviews with the artist's
associates, incorporating a selection of letters, family albums,
and other intimate materials to enrich readers' understanding of
Cunningham's motivations and work. This volume is published to
accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the
Getty Center September 15, 2020, to January 10, 2021 and at the
Seattle Art Museum, February 11 to May 23, 2021.
A fascinating look at one of photography's most controversial and
beloved iconsThe legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is rich
and complicated, triggering controversy, polarizing critics, and
providing inspiration for many artists who followed him. One of the
most influential figures of his time, today Mapplethorpe stands as
an example to emerging photographers who continue to experiment
with the boundaries of acceptability and concepts of the
beautiful.Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs offers a timely and
rewarding examination of his oeuvre and influence. Drawing from the
extraordinary collection jointly acquired in 2011 by the J. Paul
Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from the
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, as well as the Mapplethorpe Archive
housed at the Getty Research Institute, the authors were given the
unique opportunity to explore new resources and present fresh
perspectives. The result is a fascinating introduction to
Mapplethorpe's career and legacy, accompanied by a rich selection
of illustrations covering the remarkable range of his photographic
work.All of these beautifully integrated elements contribute to
what promises to become an essential point of access to
Mapplethorpe's work and practice. This publication is issued on the
occasion of the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium
on view at both the J. Paul Getty Museum and at the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art from March 15 through July 31, 2016; at the
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal from September 9, 2016, through
January 7, 2017; and at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney,
from October 2017 through February 2018.
In 1911 the French couturier Paul Poiret challenged Edward Steichen
to create the first artistic, rather than merely documentary,
fashion photographs, a moment that is now considered to be a
turning point in the history of fashion photography. As fashion
changed over the next century, so did the photography of fashion.
Steichen's modernist approach was forthright and visually
arresting. In the 1930s the photographer Martin Munkacsi pioneered
a gritty, photojournalistic style. In the 1960s Richard Avedon
encouraged his models to express their personalities by smiling and
laughing, which had often been discouraged previously. Helmut
Newton brought an explosion of sexuality into fashion images and
turned the tables on traditional gender stereotypes in the 1970s,
and in the 1980s Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts made male sexuality an
important part of fashion photography. Today, following the
integration of digital technology, teams like Inez & Vinoodh
and Mert & Marcus are reshaping our notion of what is
acceptable-not just aesthetically but technically and
conceptually-in a fashion photograph. From glossy pages in Vogue
and Harper's Bazaar to framed prints on museum walls, fashion
photography encompasses both commercial advertising and fine art.
This survey of one hundred years of fashion photography updates and
reevaluates this history in five chronological chapters by experts
in photography and fashion history. It includes more than three
hundred photographs by the genre's most famous practitioners as
well as important but lesser-known figures, alongside a selection
of costumes, fashion illustrations, magazine covers, and
advertisements.
This is a beautifully illustrated tribute to one of the most
influential photographers of the twentieth-century. Controversial,
misunderstood, and sometimes overlooked, Minor White (1908-1976) is
one of the great photographers of the 20th-century, whose ideas
exerted a powerful influence on a generation of photographers and
still resonate today. His photographic career began in 1938 in
Portland, Oregon, with assignments for the WPA (Works Progress
Administration). After serving in World War II and studying art
history at Columbia University, White's focus shifted toward the
metaphorical. He began creating images charged with symbolism and a
critical aspect called equivalency, referring to the invisible
spiritual energy present in a photograph made visible to the
viewer. This book brings together White's key biographical
information - his evolution as a photographer, teacher of
photography, and editor of Aperture, as well as particularly
insightful quotations from his journal, which he kept for more than
forty years. The result is an engaging narrative that weaves
through the main threads of White's life, his growth as an artist,
as well as his spiritual search and ongoing struggle with his own
sexuality and self-doubt. He sought comfort in a variety of
religious practices that influenced his continually metamorphosing
artistic philosophy.
A riveting retrospective of the imaginative photographs created by
contemporary artist Abelardo Morell Over the past twenty-five
years, Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) has earned international praise
for his images that use the language of photography to explore
visual surprise and wonder. Born in Havana, Cuba, Morell came to
the United States as a teenager in 1962 and later studied
photography, earning an MFA from Yale University. He gained
attention for intimate, black-and-white pictures of domestic
objects from a child's point of view, inspired by the birth of his
son in 1986, as well as images in which he turns a room into a
giant camera obscura, projecting exterior views onto interior
spaces; and photographs of books that revel in their sensory
materiality. In more recent years, he has turned to color,
exploring the camera obscura with a painterly delight and
innovating a tent camera that projects outdoor scenes onto a
textured ground. Across his career, Morell has approached
photography with remarkable wit and creativity, examining everyday
objects with childlike curiosity. The first in-depth treatment in
fifteen years, this handsome and important book examines Morell's
career to the present day, including his earlier works in
black-and-white and never before published color photographs from
the past decade. An essay by Elizabeth Siegel, along with a recent
interview with the artist and an illustrated chronology of his life
and works, offers a riveting portrait of this contemporary
photographer and his ongoing artistic endeavors. Distributed for
the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition Schedule: The Art Institute
of Chicago(06/01/13-09/02/13) The J. Paul Getty
Museum(10/01/13-01/05/14) High Museum of Art(02/22/14-05/18/14)
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