Vivian Maier Developed – Ann Marks
Presented October 5th at Lumière
Lumière is pleased to post the video of the gallery talk given by author Ann Marks. She discussed her new book – Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny. In this definitive biography, Marks discovered the full story of the photographer’s extraordinary life, revealing Maier’s profoundly intelligent, empathetic and inspired artistry. All that behind a veneer detached from life around her.
Marks spent thirty years as a senior corporate executive including serving as chief marketing officer for Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal. After retirement, she put her research and analytical skills to use as an amateur genealogist unlocking the mysterious life of photographer Vivian Maier. Marks examined Maier’s 140,000 image archive and extensively researched her family history, both in France and the United Stated. She is now the authority for information related to the photographer’s life and work.
Al Clayton Featured in AJC
Photographer’s legacy is his daughter’s mission
Monday March 15, 2021
Follow the LINK to read the entire article, recapping the 6+ year journey of Jennie Clayton as she works to highlight her fathers photography. After Al Clayton’s death in 2014 she took on the task to preserve his work and keep his legacy alive. View Al Clayton’s Artist Page
Telfair Museum Features Edward Weston
On March 2nd the Telfair Museum in Savannah GA opened an exhibition titled: Bonaventure: A Historic Cemetery in Art, it will run until September 23, 2018. Lumière was pleased to loan a photograph of the iconic cemetery taken by Edward Weston for the exhibition.
In May of 1941 Weston and his recent bride Charis Wilson began a trip working on a commission to illustrate a new edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. The journey would cover 20,000 miles through 24 states, after the attack of Pearl Harbor in December they curtailed the project and returned to California. During this trip Weston took between 700 and 800 8×10 negatives as well as dozens of Graflex portraits.
Edward Weston – St Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, GA, 1941
Cole Weston’s 100th Birthday
January 30th, 2019
Cole Weston (January 30, 1919 – April 20, 2003) was the 4th and youngest son of photographer Edward Weston and brother of photographer Brett Weston. He dedicated his life to photography and the theater. Cole was best known for his evocative color photography and, as stipulated by his father’s will, Cole continued to print Edward Weston’s negatives after his death in 1958 until 2003.
Lumière is proud to feature Cole’s work in our exhibition – The Weston Legacy.
Additional information can also be found on his artist page.
Meet Zeng Yi
Like a door that swings rapidly open and shut, the world has caught infrequent and fleeting glimpses of the daily lives of the Chinese people. Fortunately, renowned photographer Zeng Yi has been documenting village life, among other subjects, in the world’s most populous nation, for decades. Now more than 50 of those images will be on display in The People’s China: Village Life by Master Photographer Zeng Yi at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum from Thursday, October 1, 2015 until January 27, 2016.READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
Our Classroom, 1982, by Zeng Yi
These images provide context for the still evolving country envisioned by Mao’s word in 1949, and they also serve as emblems of China’s rural past as it converges with contemporary urban life in the world’s second largest economy.
Election Meeting at Village, 2007
“I am most interested in the lives of the masses — of the ordinary people . . . These photographs show what the daily life of people was like back then. They are also testimony of the period of time when China was just beginning to open up to the outside world, which is now regarded as a significant point in history. These pictures are a souvenir of this period of time… of this part of history,” Zeng is quoted as saying in GB Times, a global network that explores China from an international perspective.
Playing the So-na, 1987
For the past twenty years, he has successfully planned and organized the National Youth Photography Festival in the International Year of Peace, Chinese Confucius Culture Photography Exhibition, First National Top Ten Young Photo-graphers Award and many other festivals and events. In 2013, he was selected by the Chinese Minister of Culture as planning director of the Beijing International Photography Week. He is will also take the lead role in conducting Photo Beijing later this year.
Finding Vivian Maier – Trailer
2015 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary
Detailed film description:
When Vivian Maier died in 2009 at age eighty-three, she left behind more than 100,000 negatives of her street photography — images that she’d scarcely shared with anyone. She had spent most of her adult life as a nanny with no spouse, no children of her own and no close ties. Her photographs and belongings were hidden in storage, until the rent came overdue and the facility auctioned them off. They might have vanished into obscurity were it not for the intervention of John Maloof, a twenty six- year-old amateur historian in Chicago, who purchased a box of her unidentified photographs and became obsessed by what he discovered.
In Finding Vivian Maier, Maloof teams with producer Charlie Siskel to uncover this mystery. Following clues, they trace Maier’s history through New York City, France, and Chicago. Maier was an inveterate wanderer and self-taught photographer, favoring a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera, with an uncanny ability to get close to people from all walks of life. Her artful and comic eye calls to mind the photography of Berenice Abbott and Weegee. Thanks to Maloof’s efforts, critics and galleries have now rallied behind Maier’s work, and The New York Times recognized her as “one of America’s more insightful street photographers.”
But as Maloof meets people who knew Vivian, new questions arise about her life and work. The families who employed her as a nanny have mixed memories, and hint at her dark side. Would she have even wanted this attention? Answering that question depends on how you interpret different bits of evidence. Regardless, it’s a wonder to behold the world through Vivian Maier’s eyes.
Last Weekend – View From The Street
Featuring the Work of Vivian Maier & Harold Feinstein
First recognized at the age of 19 by Edward Steichen, who purchased his prints for MoMA,
Feinstein has been widely acclaimed throughout his distinguished career.
“He is one of the few photographers with the ability to reveal the familiar in a beautiful new way”
W. Eugene Smith
“Humanistic, intimate, engaged” • A.D. Coleman…photography critic, New York Times
Also included . . . photographs by Vivian Maier – in conjunction with the publication of the book:
Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found (Oct 28,2014 – Harper Collins)
Lumière’s well received Fall exhibition… Masters of Photography will continue until February 28th as well, augmented with street photography by Berenice Abbott, Alexander Rodchenko & Wolf Suschitzky.
View Harold Feinstein’s artist page: – select here
View Vivian Maier’s artist page: – select here Updated Nov 21, 2014
Ansel Adams’ 113th Birthday
February 20, 2015
“I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.” – Ansel Adams
One of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Adams was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He made visionary photos of western landscapes that were inspired by a boyhood trip to Yosemite. He won three Guggenheim grants to photograph the national parks (1944–58). Founding the f/64 group with Edward Weston in 1932, he developed zone exposure to get maximum tonal range from black-and-white film. He served on the Sierra Club Board (1934-1971).
This video (larger top window), begins with Adams explaining his competing interests of music & photography, and then touches major events in his career, run time: 4:11.
Below (smaller window) is the complete unedited version, run time: 13:45.
Lumière was proud to feature Adams’s work in our inaugural exhibition – Pirkle Jones and Friends, Jones served as his first technical assistant, their association continued over four decades. Additional information can also be found on his artist page.
Press for: Finding Vivian Maier
February 12, 2015
PBS NewsHour – 6:36
NewsHour Goes to the Movies: with Jeffrey Brown. Includes interviews with Charlie Siskel, John Maloof and excepts from the film.
In 2007, a monumental cache of photographic negatives were sold at auction. The man who bought them, John Maloof, soon discovered stunning images of Chicago street scenes from the mid-20th century. Who was the unknown artist behind the photographs? Jeffrey Brown talks to co-directors Maloof and Charlie Siskel about their Oscar-nominated documentary, “Finding Vivian Maier.”
This is an interview of Charlie Siskel and John Maloof, produced in March of 2014 prior to the theatrical release of Finding Vivian Maier. This interview is 36 minutes in length.
Finding Vivian Maier – Nominated For Academy Award
January 15, 2015: Finding Vivian Maier was nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature category. We would like pass along our congratulation to John Maloof, Charlie Siskel, and Executive Producer Jeff Garlin.
The Atlanta Debut of the film Finding Vivian Maier was Friday April 11th, 2014, at the Lefont Sandy Springs Theater. The film had a four week run 4/11-5/8.
We were pleased to coordinate an appearance by Executive Producer: Jeff Garlin, for a question and answer session following the Saturday April 12 1:45 afternoon screening, and an introduction to the 3:40 screening. Below is the Official Trailer of Finding Vivian Maier
This intriguing documentary shuttles from New York to France to Chicago as it traces the life story of the late Vivian Maier, a career nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs has earned her a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most accomplished and insightful street photographers.
Reviews:
New York Times, March 21, 2014
New Yorker, March 26, 2014
New York Times, March 27, 2014
NPR, March 27, 2014
Review by Steve Murray of ArtsATL, April 8, 2014.
Select Here: to go to Vivian Maier’s updated artist page and view recently released images.
E-MAIL – requests for viewing and purchasing work from the Maloof Collection.
Feinstein – Maier – Prints and Companion Books
Lumiere is pleased to offer new prints and recently published books from Harold Feinstein and Vivian Maier.
Harold Feinstein, A Retrospective – Signed by the artist
The first career-spanning monograph showcasing the brilliance of a small camera master of black-and-white photography. The 80 duotone plates span a half century of exquisite imagery, with the majority from the 40′s, 50′s and 60′s. In addition to his classic Coney Island photographs taken over six decades, this volume includes some of his best known street photographs, as well as his lesser known, but recently released images from his life as an army draftee during the Korean War and some portraits, nudes, and still-life. With Feinstein’s appreciative eye, a vital era in the history of photography comes to life through these intimate, engaging and beautifully composed images.
2012, Nazraeli Press, Hardcover, 12 x 13
108 pages, approx 80 duotone plates
Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found
The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman and featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before. Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer’s work—created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country—almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. It features images of and excerpts from Maier’s personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier’s photographic skill and her life.
2014, Harper Design, Hardcover, 13 x 10.5
288 pages, approx 250 images
Harold Feinstein – In The News – UPDATE
December 5, 2014 – The video to the right was posted recently by Ted Forbes on The Art of Photography Youtube Channel. (13:09)
November 21, 2014 – The Guardian– London, United Kingdom.
My Best Shot, features Feinstein’s icon image, Coney Island Teens. Select the link above to read Harold’s account of the image from 1949.
Novemember 18, 2014 – L’Oeil de la Photographie – Paris, France. An in-depth feature story on Harold’s 60+ year career in photography. It also sheds light on the influence he has had on numerous photographers as a teacher and mentor.
Mark Maio • International Images for Science Exhibition
Augusta GA, Georgia Regents University
October 22 – November 30, 2014
Mark Maio’s image: 20/20, shown to the right, was selected for the exhibition International Images for Science. The exhibition is organized by the Royal Photographic Society. The RPS is the world’s oldest photographic society, in continual existence since its foundation in 1853.
The exhibition of 100 stunning prints, showcases an extraordinary variety of scientific photography– images that explore worlds we can only imagine, or that are used as tools in everyday life in medicine, engineering and other related fields, done in a way that informs, questions and inspires.
Exhibition previously toured Europe with stops in the Royal Albert Hall in London, ArtCell Gallery in Cambridge, and Padova Italy.
Complete details at the RPS website.
Barbara & Lynne Bullock – Gallery Talk
Saturday October 11, 20014 – 11 AM
An intimate gallery talk featuring Barbara Bullock-Wilson and Lynne Harrington-Bullock, they discussed the work of Edna Bullock – their mother & wife of Wynn Bullock. A packed house joined us for this special event.
Brief bio: Edna Bullock (1915 – 1997) An exceptionally prolific artist, Edna produced a wide variety of black and white imagery and is probably best known for her photographs of nudes within the landscape. Her husband, Wynn Bullock, had an important impact on her keen and discriminating eye.
More information, including a wide selection of her work,
can be found on Edna Bullock’s Artist Page.
Masters of Photography
Extended Until February 28, 2015
Currently on view, this exhibition, from the Lumière Collection, presents artistic leaders of 20th Century photography.
They are Masters of Photography, whose works establish the core of many great collections. The excellence of their images have challenged viewers, stimulated debate and advanced the role of photography in the 21st Century.
These prints from the cameras of twenty different photographers include iconic images from the artists’ larger bodies of work. From California to New York … from Paris to Uzbekistan … they span a spectrum of themes: including urban structures, traditional landscape, portraiture, abstractions and social commentary.
The artists: Berenice Abbott, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Alexander Rodchenko, Dorothea Lange, Georgi Zelma, Boris Ignatovich, Bill Brandt, Al Weber, Imogen Cunningham, Brett Weston, Tom Neff, Margaret Bourke-White, Andre Kertesz, Aaron Siskind, Arnold Newman, Pirkle Jones, Paul Strand, Edouard Baldus and Wynn Bullock have left a legacy that will inspire us for years.
View the on-line exhibition – Masters of Photography
Architect’s Granddaughter Evicted From Moscow’s Iconic Melnikov House
August 14, 2014 – Moscow Times
The Moscow Times reports that: Moscow’s iconic Melnikov House has found itself embroiled in yet another property scandal following the forced eviction of the architect’s 75-year-old granddaughter.
The link above will take you to the article which provides details on the ongoing struggle by Melnikov’s descendants to preserve this remarkable structure for future generations.
Richard Pare photographed this iconic structure for the Lost Vanguard. The video clip to the right provides commentary and his thoughts on this famous building. (recorded 2009)
4:06 – video length
Richard Pare’s artist page
View 3-D renderings of the exterior and interior of the Melnikov House.
Bullock Lecture at the High Museum – 6/19/14
California College of the Arts professor and photographer Chris Johnson presented an artistic and personal look into Wynn Bullock’s photos and philosophies. Johnson gave an illustrated perspective on the scope of Bullock’s work, from his experiments with alternative processes to his nudes, landscapes, nature studies, tableaux, and color abstractions. Join us for an evening of reflection on Bullock’s processes from an artist’s perspective.
Radiant Energy . . . Portfolios and Photographs by Wynn Bullock
Lumiere was pleased to present the exhibition:
Radiant Energy… portfolios and photographs by Wynn Bullock.
The exhibition opened Saturday June 14, 2014.
The work of Master Photographer Wynn Bullock is drawn from three separate Lumière Collector Edition Portfolios: Seascapes, Classic B&W, and Color Light Abstractions.
Additional photographs, biographical information and rare video footage of Wynn Bullock from 1971, can also be found on his artist page.
New Dimensions in Photography… Great Prints to Electronic Publishing
Artist Talk – Saturday May 31, 2014
Two Sessions – 11 AM & 1:30 PM
Rex Naden represents a new thrust in photography. His work embodies excellence in visualization and recording… taking advantage of the latest camera, processing, and printing technologies. Naden discussed his own approach to photographing the American West, as well as new opportunities for full artistic expression through electronic publishing, including his deep knowledge of the MagCloud environment. Naden, who holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and 14 patents also conducts workshops at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite.
Stephen Lawson – Vero Beach Museum of Art
Closing: May 11, 2014
The remarkable work of Stephen Lawson was the subject of a one man exhibition at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the exhibition entitled: Images Of Time, opened January 25 and closed May 11, 2014. Lawson’s photography almost defies description, a 12 minute video gives insight to the uniqueness of his work, it can be seen on his Lumiere artist page and the exhibition, Change By Degree, images are also included in the THEME collections Landscape, Environment and American South.
Balchraggan Hill-Farm and Loch Ness, 1990 © Stephen Lawson
Exhibition: Vivian Maier: New Work II
Lumière was pleased to present: Vivian Maier: New Work II. The updated exhibition featured recently released images from the John Maloof Collection. The exhibition coincided with the Atlanta screening of Finding Vivian Maier. The exhibition was on view until June 7, 2014
Visit the exhibition page or her recently updated artist page to see additional images.
LensWork Road Show – In Atlanta March 22-23
A quick post to inform or remind you that the LensWork Roadshow 2014 will be in Atlanta Saturday March 22nd and Sunday the 23rd. Here is a link to the overview page on the LensWork web site. That page has complete details and features a video introduction that succinctly describes the content of the 4 different half day seminars.
Bob Kolbrener – Exhibition – Monterey Museum of Art 2014
February 6 – April 28, 2014
We are pleased to pass along information on the exhibition- Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time: Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography at the Monterey Museum of Art, Pacific Street location in Monterey California. This exhibition celebrates Bob’s expansive fifty-year adventure with photography, and includes both iconic images and some rarely seen works from all five decades of his career. Still using the time-honored methods of film and gelatin silver darkroom printing, Kolbrener explores the Western United States with his cameras, in pursuit of that exceptional moment and extraordinary vista.
A reception for the artist will take place on Friday, March 21 from 6 to 8 pm.
View The Monterey Museum’s web site for additional details.
More information on Bob’s work can be found on his Lumière artist page as well as the exhibition: Picturing the West.
Roxie Theater – J’Adore Photography Auction
The Roxie J’Adore Photography Auction closed Thursday February 27th, a Gala Party was held at the Roxie that same evening. Follow this link to get additional details.
The Roxie is the oldest continuously operated cinema in the United States, and the second oldest in the world, dating back to 1909, (a 501c3 non-profit).
Robert Weingarten – Exhibition – George Eastman House
February 22 – May 25, 2014
We are pleased to pass along information on the exhibition- Another America: A Testimonial to the Amish by Robert Weingarten at the George Eastman House, in Rochester New York. Weingarten spent four years photographing Amish communities in Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The culmination of this work is Another America: A Testimonial to the Amish, on view from February 22 through May 25 in the Brackett Clark Gallery. Mostly black-and-white, Weingarten’s exquisitely composed photographs depict aspects of everyday Amish life—children at play, horse-drawn carriages, laundry on clotheslines—along with pastoral scenes and simple compositions of Amish architecture.
An artist talk will take place on Thursday,
May 1,2014 – 6 pm in the Dryden Theatre.
View The George Eastman House’s web site for additional details.
More information on Bob’s work can be found on his Lumière artist page
As well as the exhibition: The Road Less Traveled.
Peter Essick – New Book: Featured in WABE Interview
January 16, 2014
Updated 2/7/14
Peter Essick’s recently published book Our Beautiful Fragile World features a career-spanning look at Essick’s work taken while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. In this book, he showcases a diverse series of photographs from some of the most beautiful natural areas in the world and documents major contemporary environmental issues. To purchase follow this link to Amazon.
Also, here is a very thoughtful review of the book entitled Human Footprints to a Harrowing Future recently published on the Huffington Post by author Evaggelos Vallianatos.
In conjunction with the publication Essick was also featured on WABE (Atlanta Public Radio) in a 10 minute interview by Steve Goss that aired January 16th. Select Here to listen to the entire interview.
To see more of Peter’s remarkable images you can visit his Lumiere artist page, the exhibition, Compositions In Nature, or the THEME collection Environmental.
Also worth noting is Peter’s participation in a six day Cumberland Island workshop, March 23-29 on the Georgia coast. This workshop is organized by SXSE (South x Southeast) Photography Workshops. Co-leading the workshop with Peter is renowned photographer Silvia Plachy. Complete details can be found on the SXSE website.
Mention Lumiere and receive a substantial discount on the workshop.
© Peter Essick
Richard Pare – Corbusier, in Barcelona Spain
The work of Richard Pare will be opening on January 25, 2014 at CaixaForum in Barcelona, Spain. Richard’s photographs are an essential part of the Museum of Modern Art exhibition: Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes. The MoMA exhibition was on view in New York during the summer of 2013. The Barcelona exhibition will run until May 11, 2014, it will move to CaixaForum in Madrid Spain, from June 10 – October 9, 2014. More details can be found on the MoMA website.
More information on Richard’s work can be found on his Lumiere Artist Page, and the exhibition: Le Corbusier, as well as being featured in the THEME collection: Architecture.
Pirkle Jones’ 100th Birthday
January 2, 2014
Pirkle Jones was born on January 2nd in 1914.
The former National Academy for the Arts fellow and San Francisco Arts Commission honor recipient, recorded the beauty and culture of California. His sensitivity to the the land reflected the tradition of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Minor White, all of whom he knew well.
Lumière’s inaugural exhibition was titled: Pirkle Jones and Friends.
© Pirkle Jones
Alexander Rodchenko – Born December 5, 1891
Rodchenko was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design. Rodchenko was one of the most versatile Constructivist and Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. Visit Rodchenko’s artist page to see complete bio, additional images and news.
Aaron Siskind’s 110th Birthday
Aaron Siskind, born December 4th 1903, was an American abstract expressionist photographer. In his biography, he wrote that he began his foray into photography when he received a camera for a wedding gift and began taking pictures on his honeymoon. He quickly realized the artistic potential this offered. He worked in both New York City and Chicago. Visit Siskind’s artist page to see complete bio, additional images and a recently added video. 
Vivian Maier Exhibition (Dec, 2013) Reviewed on ArtsATL
Vivian Maier’s Once-Secret Photos Capture Every-day Treasures
December 2, 2013
By Donna Mintz
An amateur Chicago historian unearthed a photographic treasure trove when he bought a box at a storage facility auction in 2007. John Maloof ‘s discovery of 150,000-plus negatives, hundreds of rolls of undeveloped film and countless reels of documentary film propelled an all-but-forgotten woman into the pantheon of photography.
Vivian Maier, a reclusive Chicago nanny, left behind her life’s work in that storage container, which was auctioned off for non-payment of rent. She died in a nursing home in early 2009 without ever sharing her life-long passion for photography. Now we must look to her work — what she chose to capture and how beautifully she recorded it — to understand the artist and her silence. To read the complete review please follow this link to the ArtsATL web page.
Visit our exhibition page or her recently updated artist page to see additional images.
Richard Pare – Recent Interview
Q&A: In photographing the work of master architect Le Corbusier,
Richard Pare breaks the mold.
October 29, 2013
By David Hamilton
Architectural photographer Richard Pare has made his mark translating the spirit of spatial experience into the confines of two dimensions. Perhaps best known for his extensive photographs of Soviet modernist architecture, Pare turned his attention to the architecture of Swiss modernist master Le Corbusier at the behest of the Museum of Modern Art for its recent exhibition “Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes” and the eponymous publication. Organized by architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen, the exhibition and Pare’s photographs approach Le Corbusier’s buildings in a new way, presenting them not as objects but as figures in the landscape, a perspective that is bound to alter the way one thinks about his work. To read the interview please follow this link to the ArtsATL web page.
Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1929-30, (2012) © Richard Pare
Bullock Cunningham and Partridge featured in Arizona exhibitons
Photographs from four Lumière artists are featured in the two different exhibitions in October in the Phoenix Arizona area. Art Intersection (Gilbert AZ) opened its exhibition: Lineage and Legacy – Bullock and Cunningham, September 7 – October 27, 2013. Presenting the work of Wynn Bullock and Imogen Cunningham, two of the most beloved figures of West Coast photography in the 20th century. Their iconoclastic approach to the medium inspired future generations of photographers well into the 21st century, including members of their own families. The work of Edna Bullock, wife of Wynn, and Rondal Partridge, son of Imogen, important photographers in their own right, are on display as well.
On view September 10 – October 5, 2013 at the Northlight Gallery on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe was the exhibition: Wynn Bullock Color Light Abstractions. Featuring the experimental color photographs of Bullock that he produced in the early 1960s.
Finding Vivian Maier – UPDATE
World Premiere @ TIFF – September 9th & 10th
Over the two years of research and a full year of production, meeting and interviewing over 60 people who knew Vivian Maier, through her photos, mail, receipts, phone books, and letters written by Maier, the film makers were able to find where she was every year of her life, who she was working for, and all of her friends. The film is complete and will debut September 9, 2013 (sold out) at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival with a second showing September 10th. You can also like and follow the film Finding Vivian Maier on Facebook.
Select Here: to go to Vivian Maier’s updated artist page and view recently released images.
Below is a more detailed film description from the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) web site:
Schedule of showings:
Monday, September 9, 4:45pm – TIFF Bell Lightbox
Tuesday, September 10, 7:15pm – Scotiabank Theatre
When Vivian Maier died in 2009 at age eighty-three, she left behind more than 100,000 negatives of her street photography — images that she’d scarcely shared with anyone. She had spent most of her adult life as a nanny with no spouse, no children of her own and no close ties. Her photographs and belongings were hidden in storage, until the rent came overdue and the facility auctioned them off. They might have vanished into obscurity were it not for the intervention of John Maloof, a twenty six- year-old amateur historian in Chicago, who purchased a box of her unidentified photographs and became obsessed by what he discovered.
In Finding Vivian Maier, Maloof teams with producer Charlie Siskel to uncover this mystery. Following clues, they trace Maier’s history through New York City, France, and Chicago. Maier was an inveterate wanderer and self-taught photographer, favouring a Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera, with an uncanny ability to get close to people from all walks of life. Her artful and comic eye calls to mind the photography of Berenice Abbott and Weegee. Thanks to Maloof’s efforts, critics and galleries have now rallied behind Maier’s work, and The New York Times recognized her as “one of America’s more insightful street photographers.”
But as Maloof meets people who knew Vivian, new questions arise about her life and work. The families who employed her as a nanny have mixed memories, and hint at her dark side. Would she have even wanted this attention? Answering that question depends on how you interpret different bits of evidence. Regardless, it’s a wonder to behold the world through Vivan Maier’s eyes.
Vivian Maier – Self Portrait Book – Fall 2013
Work has begun on a 2nd Vivian Maier book which will be published in 2013. While organizing and archiving the roughly 120,000 negatives a great number of outstanding self portraits have been cataloged, a selection of them will be featured in this book.
Lumère Presents:
A Time & Place
Berenice Abbott, Tim Barnwell, John Guttman & Richard Pare
This Virtual Exhibition extends the traditional gallery viewing experience with audio/video elements about the artists and their work. All are curated by Lumière to be an integral part of the on line experience. It also offers access to other exhibitions and related references not usually seen with conventional gallery or museum programs.
The red links above will take you directly to the program.
The exhibition can also be seen at our Atlanta location.
Accelerating Change In Photography
Gallery Talk
Saturday, November 3rd
11 am @ Lumière
Lumière’s Fall lecture program opened in collaboration with ACP at the High Museum in September: Art in the Digital Culture… Threat or Opportunity.
It underscored technology’s rapid and disruptive impact over the last century.
It was followed in October by, Conversations With The Masters.
This talk: Accelerating Change in Photography, continued the discussion with a presentation by Robert Yellowlees, reflecting on his half century of active participation with photography, computer technology and issues of human behavior in the management of change.
The presentation was followed by a thought provoking discussion period.
Alexander Rodchenko on view in Krakow, Poland
Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography
The National Museum in Krakow
Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1
May – August 2012
This comprehensive exhibition featured over 316 works by this versatile artist. It is currently on view at the National Museum in Krakow Poland, and includes vintage prints of all his most well know photographs.
A thought provoking review published June 20, 2012 in the Wall Street Journal can be seen here. (opens new window) To access the complete exhibition information on Krakow Museum web site, select here. (opens new window)
Richard Pare at Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin Germany
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935
April — July 2012
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin Germany
Richard Pare’s photography from The Lost Vanguard (exhibited at Lumière in April of 2009), was on view at Martin Gropius Bau, in Berlin Germany, April 5 – July 9, 2012. For more specific information on this past exhibition, SELECT HERE.
The exhibition, Building The Revolution, came to Berlin directly from London’s Royal Academy of Art where it received numerous positive reviews; The Guardian, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, London Review of Books, Evening Standard, Oxford Times, London Confidential, to name just a few, (Oct 2011 – Jan 2012).
This exhibition explored one of the most exceptional periods in the history of architecture, from the years just prior to the October Revolution until the foundation of the U.S.S.R. First shown in 2007 at The Museum of Modern Art (NY), this work is an important contribution to the history of both photography and architecture. The flamboyant age of Russian modernity, in the 15 years following the October 1917 Revolution, was hardly recognized before it came to an abrupt end. After the fall of the communist experiment in 1991, structures employing modernist era design and construction methods were rapidly disappearing. In a short period of time nearly a quarter of the buildings that were to have been protected were razed or disfigured. Richard Pare, a master photographer and curator of architectural photography, developed this body of work to record these interior and exterior designs before they succumbed to redevelopment.
“Richard Pare’s (work) opens windows onto the substantially unknown architectural manifestations of a period characterized by unprecedented artistic, social and cultural flights of imagination.” – Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture
A promotional video for the exhibition, (please note: audio is in German).
2:34 – video length
Richard Pare’s artist page
Pushing Boundaries: Portraits by Robert Weingarten
Smithsonian – National Museum of American History
Kenneth E. Behring Center – Washington DC
July 2, 2012 – October 14, 2012
International Gallery, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Third Level
This work was featured in the Lumière exhibition:
Robert Weingarten: The Road Less Traveled.
Pushing Boundaries: Portraits by Robert Weingarten presented 15 of Weingarten’s digital composite portraits of iconic Americans including Sandra Day O’Connor, Hank Aaron, and Chuck Close. In addition, there are more than two dozen portraits by other photographers from the Photographic History Collection to provide context about the long history of combination printing and portraiture.
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Robert Weingarten’s artist page
Vivian Maier
Lumière is pleased to announce that we are offering the work of Vivian Maier. This coincides with the November 2011, publication of Vivian Maier – Street Photographer, and numerous exhibitions from the John Maloof Collection.
Complete information on Maier can be found on her, Artist Page.
Maier’s work was featured in our past exhibition Street Talk – the third installment of Lumiere’s: Photography as Propaganda exhibition series.
Her work continues to be the focus of positive reviews and media attention, a recent review in the New York Times can be seen here, (January 20, 2012 – opens new window). Also a link to a Wall Street Journal article: The Nanny’s Secret, (January 3, 2012 – opens new window).
Complete background information on Maier and the story of her discovered work, can be found on the website of the Maloof Collection: vivianmaier.com. Lumiere is the only Atlanta source for work of Vivian Maier.
Below is a segment from the CBS Evening News, December 15, 2011.
Emory Global Health Institute – Ethics in Photography
Monday April 2, 2012 • Noon – 1 pm
1518 Clifton Rd.
Claudia Nance Rollins Building
CNR Auditorium
A panel discussion sponsored by Emory’s Global Health Institute and the Public Health Ethics Club was held Monday April 2, 2012. The event was free and open to the public. Panel Members included, Billy Howard – Documentary Photographer, Jeff Koplan – Director Global Health Institute, Paul Wolpe – Director Center for Ethics, and Kathy Kinlaw – Associate Director Center for Ethics. For more information E-MAIL Suzanne Mason.
Wynn Bullock at Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Wynn Bullock: Insight and Surprises
March 21 – June 9, 2012
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
415 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach FL
Wynn Bullock, a mid-twentieth century master photographer, is widely know for his evocative black and white work. From 1959-1964, he also created a significant body of color work he called “Color Light Abstractions”, first exhibited at Lumiere in June of 2009.
The Palm Beach exhibition featured 44 of these beautiful and innovative images, as well as a selection of Bullock’s classic black & white work, further details can be found at the Centre’s web site. An article from the Palm Beach Daily News from March 25, 2012 provides an overview of the exhibition.
Explore additional assets on the Lumière web site; an artist gallery of Color Light Abstraction (64 images), wide selection of Bullock Estate Prints, and a Lumiere Video featuring commentary by Dr. Britt Salvesen on the significance of this ground breaking work.
Richard Pare – Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935
October 2011 – January 2012
London’s, Royal Academy of Arts – Sackler Wing of Galleries
Richard Pare’s work from The Lost Vanguard was previously on view at the Royal Academy of Arts. For more specific information on this past exhibition, SELECT HERE, a review from The Guardian can be SEEN HERE, (links open new windows).
Richard Pare comments on the Shabolovka Radio Tower
THE LOST VANGUARD – This exhibition explored one of the most exceptional periods in the history of architecture, from the years just prior to the October Revolution until the foundation of the U.S.S.R. First shown in 2007 at The Museum of Modern Art (NY), this work is an important contribution to the history of both photography and architecture. The flamboyant age of Russian modernity, in the 15 years following the October 1917 Revolution, was hardly recognized before it came to an abrupt end. After the fall of the communist experiment in 1991, structures employing modernist era design and construction methods were rapidly disappearing. In a short period of time nearly a quarter of the buildings that were to have been protected were razed or disfigured. Richard Pare, a master photographer and curator of architectural photography, developed this body of work to record these interior and exterior designs before they succumbed to redevelopment.
“Richard Pare’s (work) opens windows onto the substantially unknown architectural manifestations of a period characterized by unprecedented artistic, social and cultural flights of imagination.” – Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture
Peter Essick Featured In The AJC
Photographer Peter Essick was featured in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, (October 27, 2011). The article was in response to a photographic essay, on the Ansel Adams Wilderness, in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Adams was an early influence on Essick’s photographic career, follow this LINK to read the entire article.
Lumière featured Essick’s work in a one person exhibition, Depth Of Field: Compositions In Nature, (October 2010) and is proud to offer his work for sale, including a limited edition Collector’s Portfolio.
Select Here to view Peter Essick’s artist page and explore many other resources on our site.
Critical Praise for “Politics & the Utopian Dream”
ArtCriticATL – Exhibition Review
Alluring and Illuminating “Photography as Propaganda” at Lumiere
October 11, 2011
By Robert Stalker
What countries could be more different than the Soviet Union and the United States during the first half of the 20th century? Yet, as suggested by Lumiere’s illuminating “Photography as Propaganda: Politics and the Utopian Dream,” many of their ideals and fantasies were actually alike, and so were the images that served their goals and cultural values.
Inspired in part by “Propaganda and Dreams,” the 1999 exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, the exhibit opens with pictures by American and Soviet photographers celebrating technology and the built environment. Margaret Bourke-White’s “George Washington Bridge” (1933) and Berenice Abbott’s “Night View, New York” (1932) sit alongside contemporary photographs of the Dneprostroy Dam and Kherson Shipbuilding Factory by Max Alpert and Simon Fridland, respectively.
The photos were produced in divergent contexts with quite different aims. Bourke-White worked for the capitalist Henry Luce’s Fortune as well as Look magazines, creating photos that seemed almost to advertise the romance of commerce and industry. Abbott worked independently in the 1930s on her “Changing New York” series, promoting a view of urban planning that she continued under the sponsorship of the Federal Art Project. Fridland and Alpert documented Soviet manufacturing and engineering for government news platforms such as ITAR-Tass, Izvestia and Pravda, constructing the not entirely accurate impression that the young, impoverished nation was heading full steam into the 20th century. Despite these differences, however, the photos share an almost palpable optimism about technological modernity and its culture of speed and mechanization…… ArtsCriticATL. Follow this link to read the entire review. (opens new browser window).
Thomas Neff
Katrina Portraits at the Louisiana State Museum
An exhibition of 14 photographs by Thomas Neff was on view in 2011 at the The Presbytere (751 Chartres Street, New Orleans). The images are from Neff’s work: Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina. These moving portraits, of individuals who rode out Hurricane Katrina in 2005, are traditional silver gelatin prints recorded with a large format (5×7) camera.
This work was featured in the Lumière exhibition: Southern Exposures in June of 2008.
The Louisiana State Museum is mounting a series of changing exhibitions, lectures and events as part of a permanent exhibition Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond.
Al Weber – 2011 Exhibition at Center for Photographic Art
The Center for Photographic Art
June – July 2011
Carmel California
An Exhibition featuring Aerial Photography by Al Weber was held at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel CA (June-July 2011), published with this exhibition is a 56 page catalog. Weber’s work was featured in the 2010 Lumière exhibition Picturing the West.
Al Weber’s career in photography spans six decades and illustrates mastery of both black-and-white and color processes. The subjects of his commercial assignments and personal work run the gamut from aerial, industrial, architectural, portraiture, abstractions and imagery of the American West. His photographs have been shown in over 200 exhibitions, corporate clients include Dupont, Eastman Kodak, Polaroid and Hasselblad. Weber’s photographs are in the numerous permanent collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, M. H. de Young Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Lumière Collectors Editions
Lumière Collectors Edition™: a series of portfolios featuring the work of established artists, curated by Lumière. They represent exceptional, compatible examples of each artist’s work. The initial offering of six portfolios each contain five editioned photographs, matted and packaged in an attractive linen portfolio box with descriptive inset pages. Pricing for the portfolios range from $1,800 – $3,500.
Call the gallery (@ 404-261-6100) or E-MAIL for more information.
Al Weber
This portfolio, selected in consultation with the artist, represents work from a 2011 exhibition of his photographs at the Center for Photography Arts in Carmel California. Al Weber’s career in photography spans six decades. The subjects of his work run the gamut from aerial and architectural photography to portraits, abstracts, and imagery of the American Southwest.
To view Al Weber’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $3,500
Wynn Bullock – Classic Black & White
Wynn Bullock (1902-1975) is viewed by history as one of the masters of photography. Selected for this portfolio are five classic Bullock images that span the breadth of his artistic career. Along with Frederick Sommer, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Ansel Adams, Bullock was one of the five founding photographers whose archives established the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ in 1975.
To view Wynn Bullock’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $3,000
Wynn Bullock – Color Light Abstractions
Bullock is best known for his classic black & white photography. However, from late 1959 to early 1965, he explored the beauty and wonder of light itself through his Color Light Abstractions. Due to limitations in printing technology, he was never able to fully share this work before his death in 1975, and it is only recently that it is being brought to life by his heirs. Exhibited for the first time at Lumiere in June 2009, it has since been shown in Beijing, China; Carmel, CA, and Tucson, AZ.
To view Wynn Bullock’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $3,000
Bob Kolbrener
These classic images by Kolbrener, four images from his work centered in Yosemite, a fifth from the rugged coast of California, all illustrate his command of traditional silver gelatin photographic processes. A student of Ansel Adams, Kolbrener carries on a tradition of his predecessors with a vital artistic vision uniquely his own.
To view Bob Kolbrener’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $2,000
Peter Essick
Award winning photographer, Peter Essick’s remarkable color landscape photographs from landmark settings throughout the world reveal the stunning spiritual and artistic power of nature. The selection for this portfolio illustrate a broad spectrum of his work and collectively display his ability to reveal the beauty of the natural world.
To view Peter Essick’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $2,000
Tom Murphy
Murphy’s photography illustrates his passionate love for our wild clean earth. Tom’s understanding of wildlife is apparent from the beginning. He photographs wildlife as they go about their daily lives, patiently waiting for each animal to share its life with him in the wild.
To view Tom Murphy’s artist page SELECT, or E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $1,800
Abstractions – Featuring Tom Murphy & Peter Essick
This portfolio features abstractions drawn from the beauty of nature and framed by two world class photographers: Peter Essick and Tom Murphy. Essick who has traveled the globe contributes two images to the portfolio, one from Fraser Island off the East Coast of Australia, and a second from Finland near the Arctic Circle. Murphy’s contributions of three images are from the area he knows so well, Yellowstone National Park.
E-MAIL for more information.
Portfolio Edition Size: 5
Price: $2,000
Ansel Adams: A Legacy – @ Booth Museum
September 25, 2010 – March 13, 2011
Image Courtesy: Steve and Sue James, Eikon Gallery
Showcasing more than 130 photographs by famed photographer Ansel Adams, including his most iconic images. The depth, breadth and quality of this exhibition was exceptional.
These photographs were considered by Adams to be some of his “best” prints, they were meticulously produced by the artist himself and given to The Friends of Photography. Adams was one of the founders of this organization, that began in 1967, with the aim of promoting creative photography and supporting its practitioners.
The newspaper clipping is from the Monterey Herald, December of 1970, courtesy of Steve and Sue James/Eikon Gallery. It illustrates Adams’ commitment and support of the Friends of Photography.
More information on current Booth programing visit:
The Booth Western Art Museum web site.
The Booth is located in Cartersville Georgia, (28 miles north on I-75, exit 288).
Peter Essick – Comments On His Photography
Peter Essick was listed as one of the 40 Most Influential Nature Photographers by Outdoor Photography Magazine (2010). They sited his work for National Geographic Magazine documenting the effects of global warming, placing him twelfth on this list of notable photographers worldwide.
Below are comments by Peter Essick that reveal interesting information on 21 of the images from his exhibition: Compositions in Nature.
Tracy Arm, Alaska, 1996
Oulanka National Park, Finland, 2009
White Rock Mountain, Arkansas, 2008
Juniper Prairie Wilderness, Florida, 1998
This wilderness area north of Orlando is one of the few subtropical rain forests in the United States. To enter the wilderness, I rented a canoe and floated down a spring-fed creek. In the afternoon a heavy downpour occurred as I was taking this photograph. The next day I read that it had rained almost five inches the day before.
Altamaha River, Georgia, 1998
The Altamaha in southern Georgia has many unspoiled areas. The old-growth trees were logged in the 1800s, but the Nature Conservancy is now working to preserve many of the remaining forests near the river. This photograph was taken in May when there was some early morning mist. I’m told that if there is a 15 degree F difference between the air and water temperature then the mist occurs.
Pam’s Grotto, Arkanas, 2008
This spot in northern Arkansas is near the Ozarks Highlands Trail. Tim Ernest, who built the trail along with some other volunteers, met his wife Pam at this grotto and named it for her. There is a large overhang to the cliff so it is easy to walk under the waterfall and look out. At sunrise, there is still enough latitude in the digital sensor to capture both the sunlight on the trees and the shadow of the large rock, something not possible with film.
Spirits Creek, Ozark Highlands Trail, Arkansas, 2008
This special place is on the Ozark Highlands Trail. There is a nice camping spot for backpackers nearby. After setting up camp I walked down to the small creek. It was cloudy, but right at sunset a small beam of light shot through the trees on the other side of the creek and lit up the water with a golden glow for a few moments.
Wathumba Creek Estuary, Fraser Island, Australia, 2009
Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland is the world’s largest sand island. Along the western shore, the ocean water is very clear blue-green. Wathumba Creek is brown with tannins from the forest in the interior of the island. This aerial photograph was taken at almost low tide. At high tide the creek water backs up and leaves the marks of organic material in the sand.
Deer Creek, Arizona, 1997
On a 17-day trip through the Grand Canyon in a wooden dory I climbed up many of the side canyons. Deer Creek was my favorite because the light and dark effects on the narrow walls.
Sea Ice, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 2009
A friend of mine who is a National Geographic Photographer was working on a story about the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. He had booked a 10-day trip on a yacht to visit the Beagle Channel where Darwin had visited on his famous voyage. At the last minute, his wife got sick and I filled in for him. This photograph is taken in a very remote area called Seno Pia. In the winter the sea freezes and then breaks up every day with the tide. These sea ice fragments are left in the grass in the high tide zone.
Sturgeon River Gorge, Michigan, 1998
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan or U.P is one of the most unique places in the US. Not only are there superb natural areas like the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness, the whole region is refreshingly unspoiled. It is one of the few places in the US where I didn’t see any fast food places or strip malls when I was there in 1998. I wonder if that is still the case?
Tasermiut Fiord, Greenland, 2010
South Greenland holds tremendous potential for tourism and no place is more scenic than the Tasermuit Fiord. The granite walls are over 3,00 feet high and in several places plunge right into the ocean. However, the logistics to get there are difficult. Last June I had to first fly from the capital Nuuk to Qaqortoq in a prop plane and then take a helicopter further south to Nanortalik. In this small village I hired a local Inuit man to take me up to a campsite up in the fiord. Behind his small motorboat we towed an inflatable boat. After setting up camp, I looked around by myself in the Zodiac boat to find a good location to photograph when the weather was clear. I waited several days for a good sunset, but it never cleared up. I had to come back two months later and eventually got the photograph. The stream in the foreground is freshwater flowing into the ocean in the background.
Sanibel Island, Florida, 2004
I was working on a story about the carbon cycle and I read that small animals use calcium carbonate in the ocean to form shells. The perfect place to see shells on the beach was a Sanibel Island in Florida. Every time there is a storm the beach fills up with shells. I used an underwater housing to get close to the wave and the shells while protecting my camera from the salt water.
Jyrava Falls, Oulanka National Park, Finland, 2009
I arrived at this spot one afternoon and noticed the small icebergs in an eddy of the Kitka River. As I watched it looked like the icebergs were moving in a perfect circle. I came back the next morning and in a 30 second time exposure the circle was revealed in the streaks of the ice.
The Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, 2004
Lonnie Thompson, a famous climatologist from Ohio, has studied this ice cap for over 25 years. In that time the ice cap has retreated and shrunk like almost all tropical glaciers around the world. The lake in the foreground first appeared in 1991. The next day after taking this photo I climbed to the top of the ice cap at 18, 600 ft., the highest altitude that I have ever climbed.
Boreal Fen, Finland, 2009
These low-lying swampy areas in the northern Boreal Forest were made glaciers during the last ice age. In the 9,000 years since it has been ice-free, some of the drier areas have built up peat ridges. From the air, it is possible to see them and figure the direction of the glacier’s advance and retreat.
Rainbow Lake Wilderness, Wisconsin, 1998
This photograph has always reminded me of the randomness of nature. Leaves must fall every year on these lily pads in a small pond in Wisconsin. The placement is probably similar each year, but not exactly the same. As photographers we come by and make what we think is an orderly composition, usually based on an aesthetic that surely was first influenced by the laws of nature itself.
Oulanka River, Finland, 2009
In this shallow dolomite gorge the sunrise light is quite remarkable. The sunlight first hits the pine trees and then the opposite canyon wall. Because the canyon is narrow, the wall acts like a giant reflector card and fills the shadows with a beautiful luminance.
Sinkhole, Near Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1996
One of my first environmental stories I worked on was about non-point source water pollution. I didn’t realize until I started photographing the story how non-visual this problem was. However, I tried to take this as a challenge and do a story that hadn’t been done before. Sinkholes like these in Kentucky act as avenues for pollution to enter the groundwater. Usually these pollutants are invisible, but when I saw these cows wading right in a sinkhole I knew I had found a familiar and visible culprit.
Oil Sands Tailings, Alberta, Canada, 2009
The oil sands development in northern Alberta is recovering oil in a manner more like a mine than a traditional oil well. The oil sand has to be mixed with water and boiled so the bitumen will rise to the top. The wastewater is then sent to large tailings ponds that create something that looks like a delta as the toxic water enters the huge pond.
Falcon, Oil Sands Tailing Ponds, Alberta Canada, 2009
There was a highly publicized event in 2008 when about 500 migrating ducks landed in an oil sands tailings pond and drowned. In order to try and prevent future occurrences this oil company installed an effigy of a peregrine falcon in a platform on the pond. A laser beam determines if birds are approaching which activates a solar powered recording of the falcon’s call and hopefully scares away the migrating birds.
Peter Essick in the News
Peter Essick and his Lumiere exhibition:
Depth of Field: Compositions in Nature – photography by Peter Essick.
Have been featured recently in several venues and on-line.
Serenby Photography Workshop: November 6, 2010
Fall Colors in the Chattahoochee Hill Country – with Peter Essick
Peter led a seasonal photo tour of the beautiful Chattahoochee Hill countryside in and near the Serenbe Community. This was an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop, photographs from the workshop will be used to help protect and preserve the less-traveled beauty of the Chattahoochee River corridor landscape south of Atlanta. For a complete description of the workshop go the Serenby Photography Center web site.
News from The Nature Conservancy:
On September 29, 2010— Governor Sonny Perdue announced the acquisition of 6,911 acres in Long County as part of the Townsend Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The property is located in the lower Altamaha River floodplain, one of the most valuable ecological corridors in Georgia. The Altamaha River is one of The Nature Conservancy priorities and TNC played a key role in this acquisition. In the January 1998 issue of National Geographic magazine the work of Peter Essick’s provided visual support to these efforts with an article: “Altamaha River: The Easy Ways of the Altamaha.” For complete details visit The Nature Conservancy web site.
ArtsCriticATL: reviews, Compositions in Nature
ArtsCriticATL co-founder Catherine Fox provided an insightful review of our current exhibition. Her review closed with the following quote: “If you don’t leave Essick’s show with a renewed sense of wonder, you’re an awfully jaded cookie.” To read the entire review and to keep up on the Atlanta arts scene, go to ArtsCriticATL.
John Gutmann – at the BJE Library in San Francisco
The work of photographer John Gutmann was featured in an exhibition at the BJE Jewish Community Library in San Francisco in 2010. An Evening Celebrating the Life and Work of John Gutmann, included the screening of Jane Levy Reed’s outstanding documentary entitled My Eyes Were Fresh, along with a talk and presentation by Sally Stein entitled A Gulliver in America.
An exhibition of sixty six photographs by John Gutmann’s was previously shown at Lumière, select to view the exhibition or to view additional images by Gutmann visit his artist page.
Depth Of Field: Compositions In Nature
Photography by Peter Essick
Artist Talk & Exhibition October – November 2010
Lumière
425 Peachtree Hills Ave.
Building 5
Award winning photographer, Peter Essick’s remarkable color landscape photographs from landmark settings throughout the world reveal the stunning spiritual and artistic power of nature. Essick’s photography has been a key element in over 30 National Geographic articles, including the June, 2010 cover story on Greenland and a September 2010 feature on Fraser Island, Australia. The work has been exhibited in the United States and Europe.
Opening the exhibition, Peter Essick commented on a number of images and his experiences photographing in various geographic regions. This provided a foundation for a candid discussion session.
Mark Maio Featured In LensWork
Mark Maio stunning photography documenting grain scoopers in the Buffalo New York area is the subject of his series: “Against the Grain”.
This work is featured in LensWork #90, an audio interview and 46 images from the project are included in the multimedia computer disc Extended Version of the magazine, while a one page overview is in the printed version. For more information select this link to go to the LensWork site
Mark’s work was featured in the 2008 Lumière exhibition Southern Exposures. Mark is a master of the technical aspects of the recording and printing photographs that capture the subtlety and power of light, his work is in the permanent collection of the George Eastman House.
Oraien Catledge – Book Signing, August 26th 2010
© John Ramspott
Lumière
The Galleries of Peachtree Hills
425 Peachtree Hills Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Thursday August 26, 2010
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Lumière was pleased to host this event celebrating the publication of the new book: Oraien Catledge: Photographs. Oraien was on hand to sign copies, and was joined by Connie Lewis who served as co-editor of the book. Recently published by University Press of Mississippi, the book includes 70 of Oraien’s photographs.
Additional photos from the evening by John Ramspott can be found on Flikr.
Picture Man from Terminus Films on Vimeo.
Additional Biographical Information:
Oraien Catledge was born in Sumner, Mississippi, in 1928, and came to his photographer’s vocation near the end of a long career as a social worker in the state of Mississippi, and as an advocate for the blind throughout the South.
Although principally a photographer of people, Catledge’s sensuous, fastidious black and white work documents the landscapes and cityscapes of Mississippi and New Orleans, as well as imagining and recording the insular, working-class lives of the Cabbagetown neighborhood in center-city Atlanta — the signal achievement upon which his considerable reputation rests.
© John Ramspott
Picturing the West – Photography by Bob Kolbrener
July – September, 2010
Bob Kolbrener …noted photographer of the American West …launched an exhibition of his work with a talk at Lumière, Wednesday July 14th. This is the second in the series, Picturing the West.
His subjects …from landscapes to portraits …from symbols of man encroaching on nature to humorous signage …are all carefully and thoughtfully executed.
A show with Brett Weston in Los Angeles over 35 years ago launched his work. Since then, it has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Austria, China, Indonesia and Japan.
With photographs in numerous private and corporate collections …including Texaco, Polaroid, Southwestern Bell and A. G. Edwards …his images are also in collections at institutions such as the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art and Washington University.
Kolbrener began conducting workshops with Ansel Adams at Yosemite. In the quarter of a century since, he has continued teaching at other workshop venues in addition to serving as a guest lecturer at a number of universities and museums.
“Kolbrener stands apart because his photographs have a rare technical perfection—every print is ideal and masterful in light, tone, cropping and consistency.” – James D. Burke, Director, Saint Louis Art Museum
Wynn Bullock – In Carmel California
Wynn Bullock’s Color Light Abstractions were on view in 2010 at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel California. They were shown for the first time at Lumière in June of 2009, featured in The Color of Light.
Bullock (1902-1975), known for his 
innovative, creative images was an explorer of the qualities of light… from light drawings to photograms to solarization. He was fascinated with the endless possibilities of light as a living form and force in its own right rather than simply as an illuminator representing objects as they are normally perceived. He executed this important color work in the early 60’s.
With the advent of modern color printing technologies we are now able to view these images created nearly 50 years ago. Bullock’s descendants are continuing to add to this innovative and captivating body of work. His artist page has been updated to include additional images not seen in 2009, and a video of Dr. Britt Salvesen comments on the importance and historical context of this innovative work that was truly ahead of its time.
Weingarten Portrait of Dennis Hopper
Who was Dennis Hopper? (1936-2010)
By: Shannon Perich, Associate Curator for the Photographic History Collection
at the National Museum of American History.
Original Post 6/1/2010 on the Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, Blog
In May of 2010 the iconic actor and member of the counter culture Dennis Hopper passed away. In 2006, Robert Weingarten had the opportunity to work with Hopper. Weingarten, a California based photographer interested in the line between biography and portraiture asks his famous subjects, “What makes you who you are?” Weingarten proposes that “who we are,” is not the physical self that changes over time, but our passions, mottos we live by, memories, experiences, and contributions.
The resulting image, part of the Smithsonian, National Museum of American History, Photographic History Collection, is a translucent composite made with Weingarten’s digital photographs.
The images are based on the list Hopper made describing himself, which acknowledges his influence on American culture and his personal passions.
- The director’s chair with his name on it as a reference to the movies he has directed.
- The mural based on Hopper’s photograph, “Double Standard” and his camera indicate his work as a photographer.
- The painting of the woman is one made by Hopper, the artist.
- The Andy Warhol painting of Mao references his modern art collection. The two bullet holes in the painting were created when he “shot Mao” during a drug induced rage.
- There are his golf clubs and a cigar.
- And, of course, the iconic motorcycle, “Easy Rider.”
Over time additional remembrances of Hopper will be written, but Weingarten’s photograph gives us Hopper’s last word on how he defined himself.
Tom Murphy – Artist Talk @ Lumière May 22nd
Saturday May 22, 2010
11 am – 12 noon
Lumière
The Galleries of Peachtree Hills
425 Peachtree Hills Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30305
Building Five
Tom Murphy was in the gallery and discussed his exhibition that opened May 22nd at the Booth Western Art Museum, in Cartersville GA.
Tom Murphy – comments on his photography 3:12
Murphy’s photography illustrates his passionate love for our wild clean earth. Tom’s understanding of wildlife is apparent from the beginning. He photographs wildlife as they go about their daily lives, patiently waiting for each animal to share its life with him in the wild.
Tom’s images reveal wildlife interacting with each other and with their environment: hunting, eating, drinking, running, plowing through deep snow, giving birth, nursing, playing, resting and sleeping, all in the beauty of the wildest places on earth. His landscapes reflect the natural beauty he finds and loves and works diligently to preserve.
Tom Murphy was raised on a 7500 acre cattle ranch in western South Dakota. This experience taught him more than he wanted to know about cattle and convinced him that he didn’t want to chase cows for the rest of his life, but it also provided him with invaluable lessons in animal behavior and a deep love for clean, wide open land.
American Photo Master Series: Robert Glenn Ketchum
In March of 2010 American Photo announced, Robert Glenn Ketchum was chosen as the fifth photographer to receive Master Series distinction, (link to read the entire article).
His activism has made him one of the most influential photographers of our time.
By Russell Hart
His is not a household name, even in genteel households familiar with photography’s luminaries. He wouldn’t be counted in the firmament of Avedon, Leibovitz, Cartier-Bresson or Helmut Newton, the subjects of American Photo’s prior Master Series issues. Robert Glenn Ketchum, a champion of the modern environmental movement for more than 30 years, may well be the most influential photographer you’ve never heard of.
You probably know the photographers who blazed the trail for Ketchum’s unprecedented use of photography for environmental advocacy — William Henry Jackson, Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter. Just as Jackson’s 1871 photographs of Yellowstone were the argument that convinced legislators to preserve it as America’s first national park, Ketchum’s 1980s photographs of Alaska’s threatened Tongass rainforest were instrumental in leading Congress to set aside a million of its oldgrowth acres as America’s largest national forest — all off limits to logging.
Tim Barnwell – Exhibition Asheville Art Museum, May 2010
Barnwell’s new work, “Hands in Harmony; Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia”
May – October, 2010.
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville NC.
The exhibition consisted of 34 black and white images from the book (W.W. Norton, 2009) along with oral history text panels. There were also events planned each month including films and a music concert at Diana Wortham Theatre, an archive of the events can be found at the Asheville Art Museum’s website.
Hands in Harmony; Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, was released (October 2009) by W. W. Norton & Company, publisher of his previous two books: The Face of Appalachia (2003) and On Earth’s Furrowed Brow (2007). The book is a continuation of the artist’s 30+ year body of work documenting the people, places, musicians, and craftsmen of Appalachia. The book also includes an audio CD with performances by 22 musicians photographed for the project, and is already receiving critical success.
A separate exhibition from Tim’s earlier work:
“On Earth’s Furrowed Brow” was on view at,
North Carolina Arboretum in March – May 2010.
“Alexander Rodchenko and the Russian Avant-Garde”
Lumière is pleased to pass along an excerpt of an interesting film on the life and work of Alexander Rodchenko. Brief film synopsis: Alexander Rodchenko abandoned painting in the early 1920s in favor of photography believing it to be the best means of expressing the new visual and social realities which appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. The film is produced by Micheal Craig and Copernicus Films additional information can be found on YouTube.
8:34 – video length
Alexander Rodchenko’s artist page
Lumière at the Decorators’ Show House
Show House Details:
April 17 – May 9, 2010
3639 Tuxedo Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
Complete information at:
Decorators’ Show House Web Site
Lumière is proud to participate in this, the 40th year of the Atlanta Symphony Associates Decorators’ Show House and Gardens. Working with Peace Design and Summerour Interiors, we are pleased to provide exceptional photography to enhance their extraordinary interior design.
Yvonne McFadden of Summerour interiors utilized two of Bob Kolbrener’s commanding landscapes in the “Young Gentleman’s Bedroom”.
Bill Peace and Hillary Linthicum of Peace Designs are working with the environmental portraiture of Arnold Newman and classic images from Alexander Rodchenko in the “Library”.
We encourage you to visit the Decorators’ Show House & Gardens before it closes on May 9, 2010. This year’s house showcases 28 of the finest interior and landscape designers in the Southeast at “Giverny” in a magnificent estate home with over four acres of spectacular gardens. It is one of the longest running show houses in the country. All proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Learning Community.
Al Weber In Photo Technique Magazine
Weber work was featured in Lumière’s exhibition: Picturing The West. The program included his exceptional rock art, landscapes and aerial photography. His aerial photography is the cover story in the March/April issue of Photo Technique Magazine.
Below is an excerpt of the article.
“When I photograph from the air, I feel I must have a sense of flight in the photograph. The birds eye view. The quickness required. The ever present wind. The gentle vibration of the plane. The presence of a pilot I like and trust. The wonderful sense of isolation. Everything it takes to make an aerial photograph.”
Al Weber’s photography has been exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Kyoto, Japan, and in many regional museums. He has taught photography since 1963, as instructor for Ansel Adams in Yosemite, at his own Victor School, CO, and in workshops including those with David Vestal at the Photographers’ Formulary in Montana. He was Educational Chairman at Friends of Photography in Carmel, CA and spent many years in a varied career of commercial photography for national publications and major manufacturers. This article is a prelude to a book of Weber’s aerial photography scheduled to be published later this year.
Virtual Tour of Lumière
Lumière is located in The Galleries of Peachtree Hills, in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, part of the Southeast’s primary art & design district.
Select here for directions to the gallery.
Below are views of the gallery’s interior.
The exhibition featured in the tour is:
Richard Pare: Lost Vanguard, Russian Modernist Architecture (1922-1932).
The work debuted at Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Notes on Navigation:
Select the section of the gallery that you would like to view.
After loading it will self-navigate, rotating through a 360 degree view.
Clicking on the screen will briefly pause the tour.
Use your browser’s previous page “back button” to exit the tour and return to this page.
(triangular button on upper left hand corner of browser window)
Collectors Gallery
Exhibition Gallery
Front Entry Gallery
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Robert Weingarten – on WABE City Cafe
The Road Less Traveled was exhibitied at Lumière in 2010.
This link will take you to an interview by John Lemley from WABE. On January 20th he spoke with Robert Weingarten about his exhibition The Portrait Unbound which debuted at the High Museum in January 2010.
Robert Weingarten – Gallery Talk (video conference)
Saturday February 20, 2010
Lumière
425 Peachtree Hills Ave.
Bob Weingarten joined us via video conference from his studio in Los Angeles. He provided insight into his career and discussed his retrospective exhibition The Road Less Traveled. Bob also conducted a video tour of his studio and engaged in a lively Q & A session with the audience covering many aspects of his artistic journey through his diverse body of work.
Thomas Neff – Denver Exhibition
Holding Out and Hanging On, Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Photographs and Narratives by Thomas Neff
Regis University
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
3333 Regis Boulevard, C-4
Denver, Colorado 80221
Thomas Neff, Professor of Art at Louisiana State University, exhibited his project on the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, at Regis University in Denver Colorado. The work is a moving study of the people affected by this natural disaster. The exhibition was on display January through February, 2010. The University of Missouri Press published the book Holding Out and Hanging On, Surviving Hurricane Katrina in December 2007. The work was also featured in the Lumière exhibition, Southern Exposures in 2008.
Dorothea Lange on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
November 24, 2009
View Jeffery Brown’s interview of Linda Gordon about her recently published book Dorothea Lange, A Life Beyond Limits. Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of numerous books of history and has been the recipient of the Bancroft Prize. This segment originally aired on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on November 23, 2009
Film Screening: Outta My Light, Rondal Partridge
December 5, 2009
Lumière
Spend a little time with Ron, as he explained his photographic process, from shooting to darkroom work. Working with 2 1/4 to 8×10 cameras, we see Rondal in his environment; shooting, developing, and finding photographic inspiration in the most ordinary objects. We were joined by the filmmaker Meg Partridge, via phone from Seattle. Meg introduced the film, and was available for Q&A following the screening.
CL, Photographer Contemplates a “Lost Vanguard”
Below is an excerpt of a review from the Creative Loafing.
To read the entire review please access the the Creative Loafing web site.
DATE: April 16, 2009
PUBLICATION: Creative Loafing
BYLINE: Jeremy Abernathy
TITLE: Photographer Contemplates a Lost Vanguard at Lumière
EXHIBITION : “Richard Pare – The Lost Vanguard”
Richard Pare became enamored with modernism at an early age. The son of an artist and teacher, Pare studied graphic design and photography in the U.K. before earning his MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago. During his 15 years at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Read More »
Film Fest: Imogen Cunningham, Portrait of Imogen
March 21, 2009
Imogen revealed how she carved out her professional career that spanned 75 years. Photographs were presented by Imogen herself, through informal interviews. Meg Partridge, a documentary filmmaker, whose credits include: Dorothea Lange, A Visual Life and Outta My Light: Rondal Partridge. Meg was available for questions and discussion after the film.
Film Fest: John Gutmann, My Eyes Were Fresh
March 7, 2009
A film about a photographer and educator whose art and life forged a link between European modernism and the burgeoning artistic culture of the San Francisco in the mid 20th Century. Jane Levy Reed, a documentary filmmaker, whose credits include: Pirkle Jones – Seven Decades Photographed. Jane was available for questions and discussion after the film.
Film Fest: Pirkle Jones, Seven Decades Photographed
February 21, 2009
Pirkle’s collaborations with Ansel Adams & Dorothea Lange helped define the San Francisco Bay’s dual photo traditions of elegant landscape and biting social commentary. Jane Levy Reed, a documentary filmmaker, whose credits include: My Eyes Were Fresh: The Life and Photographs of John Gutmann, was available for questions and discussion after the film.
Film Fest: Dorothea Lange, A Visual Life
February 7, 2009
Bringing to life five decades of American history, Dorothea Lange shares her photographs and her insight, revealing her passion and commitment to photograph the changing face of 20th century America. Meg Partridge, a documentary filmmaker, whose credits include: Portrait of Imogen, and Outta My Light: Rondal Partridge. Meg was available for questions and discussion after the film.
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