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GALLERY NEWS & UPDATES
ELIZABETH MURRAY
"SEASONS OF GIVERNY"
OPENING THIS MONTH AT THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
View Elizabeth Murray's Hand-Painted Photographs
At The Women's Photography Alcove On This Website
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"The most luminous and stable color material of the Pre-Digital Era"Ilford AnnouncesConclusion of Cibachrome Paper Production
Two gallery photographers received news that impacts the future of their wet darkroom production. Acclaimed floral photographer, Carol Henry, who inspired by the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe spent six years inventing her unique photographic process and Christopher Burkett, renowned American landscape photographer, were informed that Ilford's Swiss production of the luminous archival Cibachrome photographic paper that they each employ for the creation of their photography will be discontinued after one final 2012 run at a significantly increased price. Cibachrome (in recent years also known as Ilfochrome) has been in production for nearly fifty years. It ultimately represents "the most luminous and stable color material of the Pre Digital Era" according to Getty conservationists. Each photographer has been represented by Photography West for over twenty years and reconfirm their commitment to continue personal wet darkroom production as long as material remains accessible. Individual print editions and prices will be adjusted by each artist to accommodate availability of their printing papers as this unfolds. Please click on link to review inventory of Carol Henry cibachrome photographs.Carol Henry will be appearing on May 12th to open her exhibition of "Floral Masterworks".See Upcoming Artist Receptions for more information!
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Yellow Rose |
Platinum Tulip |
Ballet |
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Photography West is pleased to announce that pre-publication sales of Roman Loranc's upcoming new book have commenced.
Please click on this link to review the stunning selection of original 11x14 photographs that will accompany the special limited edition!
"Absolution - Fifty Photographs From Europe" is scheduled for release in 2013.
For further information or to place an order, please call the gallery at 831-625-1587.
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Brett Weston and Carol Williams, 1992 Highlands Inn, Carmel Highlands, California |
New Foundation Envisions Carmel Photography Museum |
Carol Williams has announced that in honor of the 2011 centennial of Brett Weston's birth, she is founding The Brett Weston Photographic Foundation. The new foundation will have a three-fold mission: to facilitate creation of the Carmel Photography Museum that both Ansel Adams and Brett Weston spoke to her about during their lifetimes - as a permanent historic repository for fine art photographs from the Classical Pre-Digital Era and to provide a public exhibition space devoted to traditional fine art photography. Second, to award regular grants to working photographers distinguished for their mastery of intuitive, contemplative photographic seeing coupled with impeccable traditional wet darkroom craftsmanship. And finally, to support multi-media projects that promote public awareness of the history of Carmel photography and support scholarly research by contemporary writers and film makers focused on documenting Carmel's unique historic photographic legacy. Brett Weston encouraged the creation of a new museum devoted to photography in downtown Carmel during his lifetime, even suggesting at least two locations. "Carmel is world famous for it's photographic history which spans the past century and many visitors come here from all over the world hoping to find a museum within the downtown commercial district." Williams hopes that such a museum exclusively dedicated to photography would become an important Carmel cultural destination as well as provide a significant educational and historical asset to the community.
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Photography West Gallery Welcomes Master Color Photographer Christopher Burkett Celebrating the 32nd Anniversary of Photography West Gallery
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Christopher Burkett will be appearing in Carmel on September 22nd to celebrate his new release of breathtaking hand-printed color images in honor of the 32nd Anniversary of Photography West. Christopher enjoyed wonderful weather during his 2011 visit to Carmel and was able to photograph along the Big Sur coast for a few days. Watching Christopher work out in the field for the first time in their longtime association was very definitely one of the highlights of our owner's entire career! The gallery would also like to express our deep and abiding gratitude for more than twenty-five years of loyalty, unique contemplative vision and unwavering dedication to achieving the highest standard of darkroom craft using the cibachrome printing process. We have been told by many photographers that cibachrome is the most difficult photographic paper to work with and can testify to no finer color printer in the entire history of the photographic medium. At a time when most color photographers employ high tech digital cameras and commercial professional labs, we are immensely privileged to witness the singular unfolding of a historically unprecedented standard of traditional darkroom craft being established by this gifted living photographer. Extending the genre of American color landscape photography and "tradition of the beautiful" embraced by the late Eliot Porter and Ernst Haas, we cordially invite you to view Christopher Burkett's exhibit - The Illuminated Landscape - A Collection of New Work. It is an honor for us to present such a historically important color landscape photographer!
TO VIEW CHRISTOPHER BURKETT'S NEWEST 2011 RELEASES CLICK ON THIS LINK
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Christopher Burkett in his Darkroom |
White Snow Spires, 2011 |
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David Gardner with Roman Loranc - On Press at Dual Graphics David Gray Gardner Retired Spring, 2011 We will miss you Dave! In 1981, Ansel Adams claimed David Gardner was " the greatest photography book printer in the world" - and we agree! For thirty years, Dave's several decades of professional experience and total dedication to nothing less than facsimile reproduction of our original photographs was indispensable to Photography West Graphics. Our first two editions won the coveted "Photography Book of the Year Award" from Friends of Photography and we kept raising the bar for superior quality black and white photographic monographs with every edition thereafter using Dave's unique patented Laser Fultone process and deep abiding dedication to fine art photography. You were the best! And you will be missed! Thank you for training Kevin Broady and the whole team at Dual Graphics to carry on with the most legendary photographic printing in the world!
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Printing Industries Association of Southern California 2010 Winner - Best of Category - Art Books Roman Loranc - Fractal Dreams
Congratulations Dave Gardner , Kevin Broady and the entire crew at Dual Graphics for producing this award winning book for Roman Loranc. Photography West raised production standards for Fractal Dreams 80 lb Centura Gloss Cover for Text Pages Custom Embossed Heavy Weight End Papers Staccato Fultone Reproductions - a first! Japanese silk, linen or leather custom binding for the limited editions Thank you for making this our best book ever!
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Designer/Publisher, Carol Williams with Photographer Roman Loranc
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Ansel Adams, "The Tetons and the Snake River," 1942 20x24 inch original photograph currently available in our Ansel Adams Room |
I fondly remember Steve Jobs asking if I would be willing to trade his new Macintosh computer (1984) towards his first Ansel Adams photographs, including the brilliant " Tetons and the Snake River (1942)" - a rare and particularly magnificent photograph. Steve has always had an impeccable eye for black and white photography, and his enthusiastic injection of beauty into the world of computing will always be remembered by Photography West. Carol Williams |
Photography West Gallery Salutes Steve Jobs_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our first edition of The Eternal Body (1986) was reprinted by Chronicle Books after it won the "Photography Book of the Year" award from Friends of Photography and quickly sold out.
We have just heard that Chronicle Books has done another run of this wonderful monograph.
30,000 copies of The Eternal Body sold and still counting!
Very few copies of Ruth Bernhard's signed, elegantly slipcased Centennial Edition of The Eternal Body (a limited edition of 100 created in 2005 for her 100th birthday) are available through Photography West.
Carol William with Ruth Bernhard in 1992 at Ruth's San Francisco apartment
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