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Photography, Artistic Aila: Rinko Kawauchi 
 Collection of photographs that "thematically illustrate notions of birth, life, death, and time." Aila, from the Turkish word 'aile' meaning 'family,' is "a series that celebrates the awe-inspiring essence of life." Includes an introductory essay and photos of eggs, animals, and other natural subjects. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/kawauchi/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Alfred Stieglitz
Companion to a documentary (part of the PBS American Masters series) about photographer and art impresario Alfred Stieglitz, whose work influenced American art and culture in the early 20th century. Includes an essay about Stieglitz, a timeline of his career, filmmaker interview, and video clips of footage not included in the original documentary. With links to sites featuring work by Stieglitz and his artist associates. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/stieglitz_a.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography, Technology Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé
An exhibit of 16 photographs by Nigerian-born Iké Udé, exploring "the production of oppositional identities" through the "cultural arenas of fashion, movies, and magazine covers." Includes an essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ude/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Concrete Abstractions: Aaron Siskind
Collection of photographs by Aaron Siskind, who "was a politically engaged photographer active in New York's Photo League during the 1930s, when his most ambitious project was a documentation of life in Harlem. But by 1943, his work turned toward abstraction, anticipating the Abstract Expressionism of post-war painting." Photos span the period of 1944 through 1988. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/siskind/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 21, 2009 Continuous Replay: The Photographs of Arnie Zane
"Arnie Zane (1948-1988) is best known for his seventeen-year personal and artistic partnership with choreographer Bill T. Jones. ... Continuous Replay is the first comprehensive presentation of Zane's photography." Features images of Zane's photographs, including photos of Pearl Pease and torsos from the 1970s. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/zane/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Sep 20, 2006 David Stock: Up for Grabs: California Landscape Today
Gallery of over a dozen "photographs of the California landscape" by David Stock. The photographs "document our subtle but pernicious intrusion into wilderness. These beautiful, large format images owe allegiance to the classic western landscape tradition yet are presented in a radically new way: as digital ink jet prints on paper." From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/stock/ Topics: Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Depth Charge: Digital Anaglyphs From the Digital Studio
Each image in this exhibit "is a pairing of a Keystone Mast photograph, taken with a stereographic camera decades ago, and a new image. ... Both images are shown in 'anaglyphic' format -- meaning that if seen with inexpensive 'three-D' glasses ... they give the illusion of a three-dimensional image. In this form, images seem to possess depth." Includes introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/depthcharge/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Displaced Perspectives: Photographs and Installation by Adam Baer
Gallery of photos and panorama of installation by New York photographic and installation artist Adam Baer. "Baer's creative process begins with the construction of a large, complex, labor and time-intensive 'set' that takes months to complete. Actors are then cast to inhabit the set and play parts in an ambiguous drama. The scene is finally photographed." From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions//baer/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Dog Days of Summer
Collection of images from this exhibition "exploring the dog as it is represented in photography, video, and film." Includes an introductory essay and works by Diane Arbus, Will Connell, Eadweard Muybridge ("Animal Locomotion"), William Wegman, and others. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/dogdays/ Topics: Mammals, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Dorit Cypis
An exhibit of nine photographs, video stills, and installation views from Dorit Cypis' "Angel of Histories" installation. Includes essays on her work. From the Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside. http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/cypis/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Jan 17, 2006 Erik Lauritzen Photographs, 1972-
An exhibit of photographs from an archive devoted to Erik Lauritzen. Includes images of a dozen photographs (mostly from the 1990s), a brief biography of the photographer, and a guide to the materials in the archive. A reviewer (quoted on the site) describes Lauritzen's work as consisting of "images that are so tightly composed that the abstract arrangement of the pieces resemble paintings." From Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/eric-lauritzen Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Herbert Quick: Photographer
An exhibit of over 50 photographs by Herbert Quick, most taken in California between 1946 and 1987. Browsable by topics, including early years, architecture, landscape, portraits, and studies. Includes background essay, chronology, and a list of publications and exhibitions. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/HerbQuick/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Hollywood Noir: Satirical Photographs by Will Connell
"In 1937 Will Connell published a book entitled 'In Pictures: A Hollywood Satire,' which through razor sharp physical irony and insider humor presented biting satirical collages of the Hollywood industry." This exhibit "is a series of digital images produced directly from the negatives used to generate 'In Pictures.'" Includes a brief introductory essay and dozens of black-and-white images. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/connell/hollywood_noir/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Jean Ruiter: Cathedrals in the Desert
An exhibit of photographs from Dutch artist Jean Ruiter, in which "great religious architectural icons of Europe are reconstructed in the desert of Southern California in the manner of a flat Hollywood set or an American highway billboard." Includes essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ruiter/cathedrals/ Topics: Architecture, Art by Region, Christianity, Museums, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Jerry Burchfield: Primal Images
Collection of images of botanical subjects made in the Amazon using the lumen print process, which is a cameraless form of photography. Includes an introductory essay that provides an overview of the use of lumen prints and other alternative photographic recording and printing methods. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/burchfield/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Aug 23, 2006 Joy Before the Object: Expressions of Modernism From UCR/CMP Collections
An exhibit of Modernist photographs. "Modernist photography began in the 1910s as a reaction against the pictorial styles that had dominated art photography since the 1880s. ... Modernist photographers and theorists proposed that photography should represent the technical characteristics of the medium -- pure and unmanipulated." Features images of photographs and quotes from Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, and others. Includes essay. From the California Museum of Photography (CMP), University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/joy/ Topics: Photography, Schools of Art Last updated Sep 18, 2006 Judy Natal: Earthwords
An exhibit of over 20 photographs by Judy Natal, "in which she juxtaposes the urban language of signs with the quiet expanse of [California's] Joshua Tree National Park." Includes a brief essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/earthwords/ Topics: Parks, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Life Imprints by Lieve Prins: The Copier as Camera
This exhibit "showcases work by one of the pioneers of copy art, or as Prins calls it, 'electrography.' Prins employs a Canon 200 Color Laser Copier to create large-scale art works pieced together from separate photocopies of, among other things, the human figure, birds, earth, leaves, fish and squid." Features a gallery of prints and an introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/prins/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Sep 18, 2006 Lori Nix: Some Other Place
Collection of works of "tableau photography," in which the photographer "constructs these miniature worlds from model kits, and silk flowers embracing the practice of scene building while setting the stage for the viewer's imagination to invent fantastical tales of iconic American landscapes." Includes images of Midwestern phenomena and natural disasters (such as insect manifestations) and "ambiguous undefined scenes of suspense." Also features an introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/nix/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Lucien Clergue's Signs of Gods and Goddesses
An exhibit of photographs from this French artist. Explores themes of nudes, gypsies, bullfights, and landscapes. Features brief biographical information, and a comparison of Clergue and Edward Weston. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/signs/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Man Ray: Photothèque Numérique/Digital Photographic Library
A searchable collection of works by the American artist Man Ray, including photographs, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and stills from his films. Search by category or theme. Features a brief biography in the form of a timeline. Also available in French. http://www.manray-photo.com/ Topics: Artists, Photography, Schools of Art Last updated Dec 23, 2004 Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Includes images of works and an essay about the photographer, "recognized as one of the foremost figures in the history of photography and one of the great Mexican artists of the twentieth century." Online companion to 1997 exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1997/alvarezbravo/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Sep 29, 2009 Observaciones: Enrique Méndez de Hoyos
Collection of images of artwork that "is constructed of fragments of documents -- passports, visas, birth certificates, credit cards, licenses, etc. -- belonging to people with different cultural backgrounds (sometimes politically opposed)." The work "is not a celebration of internationalism but rather a recognition of the line running from geopolitics to the everyday life of the individual." Also includes an artist statement. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/hoyos/ Topics: Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Aug 22, 2006 One Man's Eye: Photographs from the Alan Siegel Collection
Photographs from collector Alan Siegel, browsable by topic (portraits, still lifes, flowers, nudes and the human form, American views, landscapes, the urban environment, design and abstraction, sports and athletes, and the circus). Includes comments from Siegel and works by Robert Frank, Florence Henri, Weegee, Edward Weston, and others. From the book of same title. http://www.onemanseye.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Oct 25, 2004 Pedro Meyer: Heresies
Companion to a retrospective exhibit of work by the Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer. This exhibit opened "simultaneously in nearly 60 museums around the world in October 2008" and was "a major breakthrough in the way photographic work is exhibited." Features a gallery of 25 images, virtual tour of the exhibit, and introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/heresies/ Topics: Photography Last updated Jun 21, 2009 Photographers of Genius at the Getty
"Celebrating 20 years of collecting rare photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum [in Los Angeles], this exhibition focuses on 38 photographers who created exceptionally enduring pictures." Browse photos from the exhibit through an interactive gallery or a list of the photographers. Audio and video clips accompany photos in the preview gallery. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/genius/ Topics: Photography Last updated Apr 27, 2004 Real Uncertain: A Conversation Between Painting and Photography
This exhibition of 60 images "explores the complex interchange between [painting and photography], and brings together diverse works by artists Todd Brainard, Miranda Lichtenstein, and James Lorigan, who challenge viewers to look beyond the surface of a work, tilting perceptions out of the comfort zone to create new visions of familiar objects." Includes brief biographies of the artists. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/uncertain/ Topics: Artists, Photography Last updated Jun 22, 2009 Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson
National Public Radio (NPR) program on photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who died in 2004. "Dubbed 'the eye of the century,' Cartier-Bresson is known for capturing historic events such as the death of Mahatma Gandhi and the liberation of Paris, in addition to moments of everyday life." Also includes a related story about the photographer, a review of a 1999 exhibit of his work at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), and links to related Web resources. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3816733 Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Special Report: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1908-2004
Obituary and collection of articles on French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Includes links to images and related websites on the photographer who "documented the liberation of Paris, the collapse of the Nationalist regime in China, Gandhi's funeral and the partitioning of Berlin." From the Guardian Unlimited, the online companion to the British newspaper The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/cartierbresson/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology Last updated Mar 2, 2006 Sunil Gupta: Homelands
Small collection of photographs by Sunil Gupta that "explore the connections between disparate landscapes with which he has an affinity: Northern India (where he was born), Eastern Canada (where he was raised), North Eastern USA (where he was educated), and England (where he resides)." Includes an introductory essay, single images from the "Tales of a City" series, and dual images from the "Homelands" series. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/gupta/default.htm Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Tracey Moffatt
Small collection of photographs by this Australian artist of Aboriginal descent. "Moffatt's dramatic staging and subtle blend of harsh realities and fantastical dreams make her works both visually captivating and conceptually complex." Includes color and black-and-white photos and an introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/moffatt/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists Last updated Sep 18, 2006 When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood
Dozens of photographs, from the nineteenth century to today, that "capture the experience of childhood as it is connected across time, different cultures, and diverse socioeconomic backgrounds." Browse the main exhibit page, or search the collection. From the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/young/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Nov 26, 2002 William Gedney: Photographs and Writings
His most significant photographic projects include work in New York, eastern Kentucky, India, San Francisco, and his series on American composers. The database is searchable by collection and field and includes a chronology of his life and work. "Contains 4920 photographic images, 1214 images of writings and notebooks, and 274 images from photographic book projects." http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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