| May 1, 2008 | Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society 1870-1915 | | | | ‘Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society 1870-1915’
This is an online research database of over 45,000 records from the annual exhibition catalogues of the Photographic Society, London, published between 1870 and 1915. It contains detailed records of all the exhibits, plus information about exhibitors, judges, hanging and selecting committee members. It also contains reproductions of all the catalogue pages and all the pictures of the photographs that were printed in the catalogues, plus further pictures and reviews of the exhibitions published in the contemporary publication Photograms of the Year. The interface allows visitors to browse the data, pictures and the catalogue pages, to search for specific information and to refine and export search results.
‘Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society 1870-1915’ was developed with the assistance of an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) resource enhancement grant.
Information kindly provided by Stephen Brown (May 1, 2008)
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| | Apr 29, 2008 | The Lust of the Eye - Why we collect | | | | I will be adding a series of short pieces on Collecting Photography to our blog over the coming weeks and as these are refined by your comments I'll convert them into illustrated articles for this website. The first part is now available.
The Lust of the Eye - Why we collect
The next part will be on Assessing your reasons for collecting photography.
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| | Apr 25, 2008 | Sarah Anne Johnson | | | | Congratulations to Sarah Anne Johnson who has just won the $50,000 inaugural Grange Prize and her work will be exhibited at Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).
For further details:
News report (CBC)
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| | Apr 24, 2008 | David Travis at the Art Institute to retire | | | | The Art Institute of Chicago announces the retirement of David Travis, the Chair of the Department of Photography, effective June 30, 2008. Travis began his career at the Art Institute as an assistant curator of photography in the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1972 and was a full curator in 1975, when the Department of Photography was officially established.
James Cuno, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute, said, "David Travis has had a long and extraordinarily productive career at the museum, and it is impossible to conceive of the department here without his imprint. As the leader of the department for more than 30 years, David has built a very deep collection, overseen the renovation of the photography galleries and vaults, developed a conservation program, and produced widely respected scholarship. We wish him the best as he moves on to devote more time to writing and lecturing."
Travis has organized and presented more than 150 exhibitions of photography at the Art Institute in his 36-year tenure, including exhibitions of the work of Walker Evans, André Kertész, Edward Weston, Paul Strand, and Brassaï. He is perhaps best known for his landmark exhibitions On the Art of Fixing a Shadow, an exhibition of more than 400 photographs, and Starting with Atget: Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection. He has additionally prepared many thematic exhibitions, from images of "seas and skies" - featuring the work of Gustave LeGray, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Dodo Jin Man-to the photographic work of Chicago's own Institute of Design from 1937 to 1971.
Travis has also guest curated a number of exhibitions that have been shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. For his special contributions to the advancement of awareness and understanding of French culture, he was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1987. He has also been a guest scholar at the J. Paul Getty Museum and in 2002 he was named a "Chicagoan of the Year" by Chicago magazine. At the Edge of the Light: Thoughts on Photographers and Photography, on Talent and Genius, a collection of his lectures and essays, was published in 2003.
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| | Apr 24, 2008 | Portraits: Dancers | | | |
This online exhibition illustrates the evolution of dance photography from carte de visite through to contemporary works by Kim Weston, Neil Folberg and Joy Goldkind. It begins with a carte de visite taken by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri between 1859 and 1861 of Emma Livry who tragically died after a rehearsal of The Dumb Girl of Portici when her dress caught fire from the gas lights that were used to illuminate the stage.
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Exhibition: Portrait: Dancers
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| | Apr 23, 2008 | Spreading the word | | | | To allow you additional ways of keeping up with Luminous-Lint there is now a blog available at:
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| | Apr 23, 2008 | Photography blogs | | | | The high level of interest in photobooks as shown in the Christie's New York Sale (Thu Apr 10, 2008) and the upcoming sale at Swanns (Thu May 15, 2008) is also reflected in some excellent online blogs on books that can be found at:
Photography and Books
Bint Photobooks on Internet
Other blogs on photography worth watching include:
Conscientious - Fine-art Photography Blog
Muse-ings: Thoughts on Photography and What Inspires It
Big Happy Funhouse (found photos)
Art News Blog
One of the persistant difficulties with blogs is their longevity with many vanishing within a few months or years for example the Photo Book Guide ("http://www.photobookguide.com) which has not had a posting since December 2007 or the excellent one by Alec Sloth that ceased in September 2007. If you have suggestions for other blogs that should be included send them through.
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| | Apr 20, 2008 | Top 20 Photographs in the New York Auctions - Spring 2008 | | | |
- EDWARD WESTON, Nude,
1925, gelatin silver print, 5 1/8 by 9 ¼ inches, est.: $600,000-$900,000,
realized: $1,609,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #19
- PAUL STRAND, Rebecca,
1925, platinum print, 9 ¾ by 7 5/8 inches, est.: $600,000-$900,000,
realized: $645,800, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #7
- DIANE ARBUS, A Family
On The Lawn One Sunday in Westchester, N.Y.,
1968, gelatin silver print, 15 3/8 by 15 3/8 inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000,
realized: $553,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April
8, lot #264
- IRVING PENN, Cuzco Children,
1948, platinum-palladium print (printed 1971-ed.:‘16/60’), 19 1/8
by 19 ¾ inches, est.: $250,000-$350,000, realized: $529,000, “Photographs”,
#1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #454
- AUGUST SANDER, Werkstudenten,
1926, gelatin silver print, 5 ¾ by 7 ¾ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000,
realized: $493,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #11
6) ANSEL ADAMS, Clearing Winter
Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944, gelatin silver mural print (printed
1970-1975), 40 ½ by 54 5/8 inches, est.: $250,000-$350,000, realized:
$481,000, “Photographs By Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S,
April 11, lot #1058
6) IRVING PENN, Black and White
Vogue Cover 1950, platinum-palladium print (printed 1976, ed.: ‘23/34’),
17 by 15 inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $481,000,
“Photographs”, #1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #343
7) RICHARD AVEDON, Marilyn Monroe,
May 6, 1957, New York City, 1957, gelatin silver print, 15 5/8 by
15 3/8 inches, est.: $70,000-$100,000, realized: $457,000, “Quillan
Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #32
8) ALBERT SANDS SOUTHWORTH (1811-1894)
& JOSIAH JOHNSON (1808-1901), Portrait of Samuel
Appleton, circa 1850, half-plate daguerreotype, in the original
push-button leather case half-plate, est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized:
$409,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #168
9) PETER BEARD, Giraffes in
Mirage On the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960, toned gelatin silver print
with margin painting by Mwangi and Kivoli (printed in 1998), 49 ¾ by
96 ¼ inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $325,000, “Photographs”,
NY040408, PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY, April 9, lot #352
9) HANS BELLMER, La Poupee (The
Doll), circa 1935, gelatin silver print, 11 ¼ by 15 ½ inches,
est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $325,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #15
9) EDWARD WESTON, Nude
on Sand, Oceano, 1936, gelatin silver print, 7 ½ by 9 5/8
inches, est.: $120,000-$180,000, realized: $325,000, “Edward
Weston’s Gifts to His Sister”, N08409, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot
#81
10) CINDY SHERMAN, Untitled
(Film Still #53), 1980, gelatin silver print (ed.: ‘3/10’),
6 3/8 by 9 ½ inches, est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized: $313,000,
“Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #34
10) KARL STRUSS (1886-1981),
Metropolitan Tower – Twilight, 1909, platinum print, 12 ¼ by
9 ¼ inches, est.: $30,000-$50,000, realized: $313,000, “Photographs”,
N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #157
11) LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY, Photogram,
circa 1920s, printing-out paper (unique), 4 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches,
est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized: $301,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #39
12) WILLIAM EGGLESTON, Southern
Suite, 1981, 10 dye-transfer prints (ed.: ‘3/12’), each approximately
9 7/8 by 15 inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $289,000,
“Photographs”, #1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #511
12) DOROTHEA LANGE, San Francisco
Waterfront, 1933, gelatin silver print, 9 ½ by 7 ½ inches, est.:
$50,000-$70,000, realized: $289,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #51
13) ANSEL ADAMS, Bridal Veil
Fall, Yosemite Valley, 1927, gelatin silver mural print (printed
1970-1975), 53 ¼ by 38 ¾ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized:
$277,000, “Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S,
April 11, lot #1085
14) BILL BRANDT, Van Gogh’s
Room in the Asylum of St. Paul-De-Mausole (St.-Remy), 1950, gelatin
silver print, 8 7/8 by 7 5/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000, realized:
$265,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7,
lot #21
14) HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, Hyeres,
France, 1932, gelatin silver print, 7 7/8 by 11 5/8 inches, est.:
$60,000-$90,000, realized: $265,000, “Photographs”, #1985,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #363
14) ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, Calla
Lily, 1988, platinum print (ed.: ‘4/5’), 18 ¾ by 19 inches,
est.: $100,000-$150,000, realized: $265,000, “Photographs”,
#1985, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #432
14) CARLETON E. WATKINS, Tasayac,
Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite, 1865-1866, mammoth-plate
albumen print, 15 1/8 by 20 ¼ inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized:
$265,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7,
lot #58
15) ANSEL ADAMS, Aspens, Northern
New Mexico, 1958, gelatin silver mural print (printed 1970-1975),
30 by 40 inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000, realized: $241,000,
“Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot
#1064
15) HELMUT NEWTON, Sie Kommen
(Naked and Dressed), Paris, 1981, 2 gelatin silver prints, each
14 ½ by 14 ½ inches, est.: $140,000-$180,000, realized: $241,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #120
15) PAUL OUTERBRIDGE, Kandinsky,
1937, color carbo print, 15 ½ by 10 3/8 inches, est.: $150,000-$250,000,
realized: $241,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April
8, lot #214
16) EDWARD WESTON, Leeks,
1927, gelatin silver print (#7 in a projected edition of 50 / 4 prints
are known), 7 ½ by 9 ½ inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized:
$229,000, “Photographs”, N08424, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #188
17) PETER BEARD, Self Portrait
for Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, 1996, collage of
gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints and morphine drip exhibition
label (affixed to the rear of the frame), 84 by 53 ½ inches, est.:
$150,000-$200,000, realized: $217,000, “Photographs”, #1985,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #307
17) MAN RAY, Champs Delicieux:
Album de Photographies, 1922, 12 gelatin prints (re-photographs
of original rayographs / ed.: ‘12/40’), 8 ¾ by 6 ¾ inches, est.:
$200,000-$300,000, realized: $217,000, “Photographs”, N08424,
SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #207
18) ANSEL ADAMS, Tenaya Creek,
Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley, 1948, gelatin silver mural print,
(printed 1970-1975), 26 ½ by 33 7/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000,
realized: $205,000, “Photographs by Ansel Adams”, #2120,
CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #1091
18) ROBERT FRANK, Mississippi
River, from “The Americans”, 1956 (printed 1958-1960), oversize
gelatin silver print, 12 ½ by 18 5/8 inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000,
realized: $205,000, “Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S,
April 7, lot #27
18) IRVING PENN, Mouth for L’Oreal,
New York, 1986, dye-transfer print (printed 1992, from an edition
of 28), 18 5/8 by 18 ¼ inches, est.: $50,000-$70,000, realized:
$205,000, “Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”,
#2113, CHRISTIE’S, April 10, lot #91
19) ANSEL ADAMS, Lake Precipice,
‘Frozen Lake and Cliffs’, Kaweah Gap, Sierra Nevada, 1932, gelatin
silver mural print (printed 1970-1975), 24 ½ by 31 ¼ inches, est.:
$90,000-$120,000, realized: $193,000, “Photographs by Ansel
Adams”, #2120, CHRISTIE’S, April 11, lot #1004
19) JAROMIR FUNKE, Kompozice
(Composition), 1923, gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 by 11 ½ inches,
est.: $60,000-$90,000, realized: $193,000, “Quillan Collection”,
N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #5
19) IRVING PENN, Gisele, New
York, April 1, 1999, 1999, gelatin silver print (from an edition
of 20), 15 ½ by 15 ½ inches, est.: $30,000-$40,000, realized: $193,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #125
20) DIANE ARBUS, Child
with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962, gelatin silver
print (printed 1963), 12 by 11 ¾ inches, est.: $100,000-$150,000, realized:
$181,000, “Photographs”, NY040408, PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY,
April 9, lot #327
20) RICHARD AVEDON, Brigette
Bardot, 1959, gelatin silver print (printed later, ed.: ‘12/35’),
23 by 19 7/8 inches, est.: $80,000-$120,000, realized: $181,000,
“Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering”, #2113, CHRISTIE’S,
April 10, lot #33
20) CHRISTIAN SCHAD, Renseignements,
1919, unique photogram on printing-out-paper, 2 ¼ by 3 3/8 inches on
a sheet 4 ½ by 5 ¾ inches, est.: $200,000-$300,000, realized: $181,000,
“Quillan Collection”, N08425, SOTHEBY’S, April 7, lot #13
20) EDWARD WESTON, Dunes, Oceano,
1936, gelatin silver print, 7 ½ by 9 ½ inches, est.: $120,000-$180,000,
realized: $181,000, “Edward Weston’s Gifts to His Sister”,
N08409, SOTHEBY’S, April 8, lot #80
Many thanks to Brian Appel for providing this informative listing.
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| | Apr 19, 2008 | Barnaby Hall: The Art of the Book Cover | | | |
English-Born photographer Barnaby Hall has won numerous awards for his photographs used in book covers and we decided to include an exhibition of these. What we wanted to do was include the final book covers along with the photograph on which it was based to highlight the evolution of an idea.
I rather like the trivia that the cover for James Fenimore Cooper "Last Of The Mohicans" (The Modern Library Classics, 1998) is actually a passport portrait of Barnaby Hall taken by a “lamby lamby” (street photographer) in Rio de Janeiro in 1972.
Thanks to Barnaby and all the art directors, designers and publishers involved.
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