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'''William Clift''' (born 1944, Boston, MA) is an American photographer known for his black-and-white imagery of landscapes and of architectural subjects. Most of his work has been made in New Mexico, including Santa Fe where he has lived and worked since 1971, and of Mont Saint Michel, AZ, and St. Louis, MO.
'''William Clift''' (born 1944, Boston, MA) is an American photographer known for his black-and-white imagery of landscapes and of architectural subjects. Most of his work has been made in New Mexico, including Santa Fe where he has lived and worked since 1971, and of Mont Saint Michel, AZ, and St. Louis, MO.




==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
* 1963 (solo) Café Florian. Boston (USA)<ref name=":3">Auer, Michèle & Auer, Michel & Auer, Michèle. Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours & Ides et calendes (Publishers) (1997). Encyclopédie internationale des photographes des débuts à nos jours = Photographers encyclopedia international from its beginnings to the present. Ides et calendes, Neuchâtel [Switzerland]</ref>
As well as in other institutions, Clift has exhibited in five shows at the [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York;
* 1964 (solo) Gallery Archive of Heliography. New York (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''American Landscapes'' July 9–October 4, 1981
* 1969 (solo) Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''Reinstallation of the Collection'', October 23, 1980 – January 3, 1982
* 1969 (solo) Museum of Art. [[University of Oregon]], Eugene (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation'', December 21, 1979
* 1970 (solo) New Boston City Hall Gallery (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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* ''Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960'', July 26–October 2, 1978
* ''Courthouse'', April 12–July 10, 1977<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* 1971 (solo, touring) [[University of Massachusetts]] (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1972 (solo) Creative Photography Gallery, M.l.T., Cambridge (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1972 (solo) Carl Siembab Gallery. Cambridge (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1973 (solo) [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]] Art Gallery, Santa Fe (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1974 (solo) Wiggin Gallery, [[Boston Public Library|The Boston Public Library]] (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1975 (solo) [[New Mexico Museum of Art|Museum of Fine Arts]], Santa Fe (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1977 (solo) [[The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop|Photographers' Gallery & Workshop]], Melbourne (AUS)<ref name=":3" />
*1977 ''Courthouse'', April 12–July 10, Museum of Modern Art, New York<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* 1978 (solo) [[Australian Centre for Photography]], Sydney (AUS)<ref name=":3" />
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* 1978 (group) ''Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960'', July 26–October 2, Museum of Modern Art, New York<ref name=":3" />
* 1979 (solo) Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1979 (solo) Focus Gallery, San Francisco (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1979 (solo) Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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*1979 (group) Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation, December 21, Museum of Modern Art, New York
* 1980 (solo) M.l.T. Creative Photography Gallery, Cambridge (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1980 (solo) William Lyons Gallery, Coconut Grove (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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*1980 (group) Reinstallation of the Collection, October 23, 1980 – January 3, Museum of Modern Art, New York
* 1980 (solo) Atlanta Gallery of Photography (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1981 (solo) [[Phoenix Art Museum]] (USA)<ref name=":3" />
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*1981 (group) ''American Landscapes'' July 9–October 4, Museum of Modern Art, New York
* 1981 (solo) Jeb Gallery, Providence (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1981 (solo) [[Sheldon Museum of Art|Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery]], Lincoln (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1981 (solo) Portfolio Gallery, Oklahoma City (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1982 (solo) Images Gallery. Cincinnati (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 1983 (solo) [[Boston Athenæum|Boston Atheneum]] (USA)<ref name=":3" />


==Collections==
==Collections==

Revision as of 01:14, 14 March 2021

William Clift (born 1944, Boston, MA) is an American photographer known for his black-and-white imagery of landscapes and of architectural subjects. Most of his work has been made in New Mexico, including Santa Fe where he has lived and worked since 1971, and of Mont Saint Michel, AZ, and St. Louis, MO.


Early life

Clift was born in Boston in 1944; his uncle was the actor Montgomery Clift.[1] Clift took up photography when he was ten years old using a Polaroid camera, then to buy his own camera spent summers caddying and finding golf balls and taking Coke bottles to recycle.[2] He did no formal training in photography and spent only one year at Columbia University. At 18 he attempted to protect his older sister from the legal consequences of her fatal shooting of her boyfriend.[3]

With Willem Nyland, Clift studied the Greek-Armenian mystic philosopher George Gurdjieff.

Photographer

Clift's first instruction in photography was a workshop with Paul Caponigro in 1959, when he was fifteen and he has worked professionally since 1963, six years with Steve Gersh as his business partner in Cambridge. He was a founding member of the Association of Heliographers (1963–65) with Carl Chiarenza, Walter Chappell, Paul Caponigro, Nicholas Nixon, Paul Petricone, and Marie Cosindas.[4] Since then, two of his books (2007 and 2012) were designed by Eleanor Caponigro. His early projects included photographing a 1970 series for the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the old Boston City Hall, the Hudson River Valley,[5] and courthouses around the country.[6][7]

Clift moved to Santa Fe in 1971 with his wife, Vida who after 10 years at Harvard taught at St. John’s while Clift began documenting the landscape of the region, including La Bajada, Canyon de Chelly, and Shiprock, the latter being paired in his photobook with imagery of Mont-St. Michel in France.[8] In 1977 to 1984 he made portraits of American artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her assistant Juan Hamilton[9] and also in 1984 returned to using the Polaroid camera in making portraits of his daughter for A Particular World.

Clift lives in La Tierra and his studio-cum- gallery is at 203 E. Palace Ave. in the Sierra Vista-Hickox neighbourhood.[2]

Awards

Clift is the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships, two National Endowment for the Arts grants,[10] and a Governor’s Award for the Arts.

Exhibitions

  • 1963 (solo) Café Florian. Boston (USA)[11]
  • 1964 (solo) Gallery Archive of Heliography. New York (USA)[11]
  • 1969 (solo) Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston (USA)[11]
  • 1969 (solo) Museum of Art. University of Oregon, Eugene (USA)[11]
  • 1970 (solo) New Boston City Hall Gallery (USA)[11]
  • 1971 (solo, touring) University of Massachusetts (USA)[11]
  • 1972 (solo) Creative Photography Gallery, M.l.T., Cambridge (USA)[11]
  • 1972 (solo) Carl Siembab Gallery. Cambridge (USA)[11]
  • 1973 (solo) St. John's College Art Gallery, Santa Fe (USA)[11]
  • 1974 (solo) Wiggin Gallery, The Boston Public Library (USA)[11]
  • 1975 (solo) Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (USA)[11]
  • 1977 (solo) Photographers' Gallery & Workshop, Melbourne (AUS)[11]
  • 1977 Courthouse, April 12–July 10, Museum of Modern Art, New York[6][10]
  • 1978 (solo) Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (AUS)[11]
  • 1978 (group) Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960, July 26–October 2, Museum of Modern Art, New York[11]
  • 1979 (solo) Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach (USA)[11]
  • 1979 (solo) Focus Gallery, San Francisco (USA)[11]
  • 1979 (solo) Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe (USA)[11]
  • 1979 (group) Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation, December 21, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 1980 (solo) M.l.T. Creative Photography Gallery, Cambridge (USA)[11]
  • 1980 (solo) William Lyons Gallery, Coconut Grove (USA)[11]
  • 1980 (group) Reinstallation of the Collection, October 23, 1980 – January 3, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 1980 (solo) Atlanta Gallery of Photography (USA)[11]
  • 1981 (solo) Phoenix Art Museum (USA)[11]
  • 1981 (group) American Landscapes July 9–October 4, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 1981 (solo) Jeb Gallery, Providence (USA)[11]
  • 1981 (solo) Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln (USA)[11]
  • 1981 (solo) Portfolio Gallery, Oklahoma City (USA)[11]
  • 1982 (solo) Images Gallery. Cincinnati (USA)[11]
  • 1983 (solo) Boston Atheneum (USA)[11]

Collections

Publications

  • Ulmann, Doris; Coles, Robert. New heaven and a new earth. 1974 (1974), The darkness and the light : photographs, Aperture, ISBN 978-0-912334-60-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Clift, William; Kane, Paul (2012), Mont St. Michel and Shiprock, Santa Fe, New Mexico Pearmain Press, ISBN 978-0-9797524-3-8[13]
  • Clift, William; Kane, Paul (1993), A Hudson landscape, photographs, Autographed Books Collection, William Clift Editions, ISBN 978-0-9618165-1-3
  • Clift, William; Amon Carter Museum of Western Art; Art Institute of Chicago (1987), Certain places, William Clift Editions, ISBN 978-0-9618165-0-6[14]
  • Kennedy, William-; Clift, William; New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol (1986), The Capitol in Albany, Aperture Book, ISBN 978-0-89381-209-6

References

  1. ^ "Most of Clift's estate to go to sister, mother", The Journal Times (Racine, Wisconsin) Tuesday 02 Aug 1966, p.17
  2. ^ a b Weideman, Paul. "William Clift notes: A visit with the photographer". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  3. ^ "Girl killer, a scared Suzie now, meets kin in jail", Daily News (New York) Sunday 07 Oct 1962, p.71
  4. ^ Peres, Michael R; Ebook Library (2007), Focal encyclopedia of photography : digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science (4th ed. / Michael R. Peres, editor-in-chief ed.), Focal, ISBN 978-0-08-047784-8
  5. ^ Clift, William; Kane, Paul (1993), A Hudson landscape, photographs, Autographed Books Collection, William Clift Editions, ISBN 978-0-9618165-1-3
  6. ^ a b "The Museum of Modern Art, Press release #33,'Photographs of County Courthouses' exhibition" (PDF). The Museum of Modern Art.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Pare, Richard; Lambert, Phyllis; Allen, Harold (1978), Court house, a photographic document, Horizon Press, ISBN 978-0-8180-0028-7
  8. ^ Clift, William; Kane, Paul (2012), Mont St. Michel and Shiprock, Santa Fe, New Mexico Pearmain Press, ISBN 978-0-9797524-3-8
  9. ^ Eldredge, Charles C; O'Keeffe, Georgia; Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico); Yokohama Bijutsukan; Hayward Gallery; Intercultura; Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (1993), Georgia O'Keeffe : American and modern (1st ed.), Yale University Press, in association with InterCultura and the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, ISBN 978-0-300-05576-4
  10. ^ a b Rice, Mark (2005), Through the lens of the city : NEA photography surveys of the 1970s, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1-57806-707-7
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Auer, Michèle & Auer, Michel & Auer, Michèle. Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours & Ides et calendes (Publishers) (1997). Encyclopédie internationale des photographes des débuts à nos jours = Photographers encyclopedia international from its beginnings to the present. Ides et calendes, Neuchâtel [Switzerland]
  12. ^ "William Clift | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  13. ^ Kathaleen Roberts, 'Mapping magnetism,' Albuquerque Journal, Sunday 21 Apr 2013, p.39
  14. ^ The Santa Fe New Mexican, Friday 16 Oct 1987, p.45
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