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'''The Photographers Gallery and Workshop''' was a photography gallery established |
'''The Photographers Gallery and Workshop''' (1973–2015) was a photography gallery established in South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, and which ran almost continuously for forty-two years. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Photographers Gallery and Workshop was founded in 1973 at 344 [[Hoddle Highway|Punt Road]], [[South Yarra, Victoria|South Yarra]] by [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]], Ingeborg Tyssen, John F. Williams and Rod McNicoll.<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Del Favero, Dennis | author2=Bennett, Jill, 1963- | author3=Sprengel Museum Hannover | author4=Ivan Dougherty Gallery | author5=Galerie Andreas Binder | author6=Mori Gallery | author7=LC Collection (Library of Congress) | title=Dennis Del Favero fantasmi | publication-date=2004 | publisher=UNSW Press | isbn=978-0-86840-558-2 }}</ref> It was the second gallery devoted to photography to be established in the city after [[Brummels Gallery]], which was started in 1972 and less than a kilometre away.<ref name=":2" /> |
The Photographers Gallery and Workshop was founded in 1973 at 344 [[Hoddle Highway|Punt Road]], [[South Yarra, Victoria|South Yarra]] by [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]], Ingeborg Tyssen, John F. Williams and Rod McNicoll.<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Del Favero, Dennis | author2=Bennett, Jill, 1963- | author3=Sprengel Museum Hannover | author4=Ivan Dougherty Gallery | author5=Galerie Andreas Binder | author6=Mori Gallery | author7=LC Collection (Library of Congress) | title=Dennis Del Favero fantasmi | publication-date=2004 | publisher=UNSW Press | isbn=978-0-86840-558-2 }}</ref> It was the second gallery devoted to photography to be established in the city after [[Brummels Gallery]], which was started in 1972 and less than a kilometre away.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Australian-born Ian Lobb,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Crombie, Isobel | author2=Byron, Sandra | author3=National Gallery of Victoria | title=Twenty contemporary Australian photographers : from the Hallmark Cards Australian Photographic Collection | publication-date=1990 | publisher=National Gallery of Victoria | isbn=978-0-7241-0142-9 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Lobb, Ian | title=[Ian Lobb : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)] | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/228349574 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> (b. 1948) who had undertaken workshops with [[Ansel Adams]] and [[Paul Caponigro]],<ref name=":2">Geoff Strong, 'The Melbourne Movement: fashion and faction in the 1970s'. In {{Citation | author1=Bennett, David | author2=Agee, Joyce | author3=Victorian Centre for Photography | title=The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition | publication-date=1988 | publisher=The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc | isbn=978-0-7316-2054-8 }}</ref> took over the Gallery in late 1974,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Australian National Gallery | author2=Crombie, Isobel | author3=Davidson, Kate | author4=Ennis, Helen | title=Living in the 70s : Australian photographs, Gallery 11, 13 June to 13 September 1987 | publication-date=1987 | publisher=The Gallery | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12910094 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> mounting his first exhibition as director being at the beginning of 1975, after which he went into partnership with Bill Heimerman (born January 13, 1950 in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], Wisconsin, USA)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Heimerman, William | title=[William Heimerman : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)] | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37930799 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> as joint director from the beginning of 1976. |
Australian-born Ian Lobb,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Crombie, Isobel | author2=Byron, Sandra | author3=National Gallery of Victoria | title=Twenty contemporary Australian photographers : from the Hallmark Cards Australian Photographic Collection | publication-date=1990 | publisher=National Gallery of Victoria | isbn=978-0-7241-0142-9 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Lobb, Ian | title=[Ian Lobb : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)] | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/228349574 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> (b. 1948) who had undertaken workshops with [[Ansel Adams]] and [[Paul Caponigro]],<ref name=":2">Geoff Strong, 'The Melbourne Movement: fashion and faction in the 1970s'. In {{Citation | author1=Bennett, David | author2=Agee, Joyce | author3=Victorian Centre for Photography | title=The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition | publication-date=1988 | publisher=The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc | isbn=978-0-7316-2054-8 }}</ref> took over the Gallery in late 1974,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Australian National Gallery | author2=Crombie, Isobel | author3=Davidson, Kate | author4=Ennis, Helen | title=Living in the 70s : Australian photographs, Gallery 11, 13 June to 13 September 1987 | publication-date=1987 | publisher=The Gallery | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12910094 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> mounting his first exhibition as director being at the beginning of 1975, after which he went into partnership with Bill Heimerman (born January 13, 1950 in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], Wisconsin, USA)<ref>{{Citation | author1=Heimerman, William | title=[William Heimerman : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)] | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37930799 | accessdate=23 September 2019 }}</ref> as joint director from the beginning of 1976. When teaching English at Coburg Technical School in 1974 Heimerman had met Lobb and [[Carol Jerrems]] who were working at the same institution and who inspired his interest in photography.<ref name=":3" /> |
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William subsequently moved to Brighton Technical College where he and other staff members established a photography program. Later William taught photography at Melbourne College of Advanced Education and the Council of Adult Education, inculcating students in the techniques of fine printing and the zone system. |
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They showed some local work, but pursued high quality international, mainly American and some European, photographers for exhibitions.<ref>Robert Deane, 'FOREIGN INFLUENCES iN AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY 1930-80', A lecture delivered at APSCON, National Gallery of Australia 10th October 2000, Canberra</ref> The first exhibition of international photography at the gallery was that of Paul Caponigro in 1975 which sold 22 prints, after which success the gallery was closed for renovations and while Heimerman made a trip to the USA to secure more shows. |
They showed some local work, but pursued high quality international, mainly American and some European, photographers for exhibitions.<ref>Robert Deane, 'FOREIGN INFLUENCES iN AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY 1930-80', A lecture delivered at APSCON, National Gallery of Australia 10th October 2000, Canberra</ref> The first exhibition of international photography at the gallery was that of Paul Caponigro in 1975 which sold 22 prints, after which success the gallery was closed for renovations and while Heimerman made a trip to the USA to secure more shows. |
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== Closure == |
== Closure == |
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The gallery was closed and sold in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realestateview.com.au/real-estate/344-punt-road-south-yarra-vic/property-details-sold-residential-9745695/|title=344 Punt Road, South Yarra VIC 3141|website=realestateVIEW.com.au|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref> and after a period of failing health, Bill Heimerman died on October 1, 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/photographer-brought-excellence-to-gallery-20180130-h0qi7u.html|title=Photographer brought excellence to gallery|last=Bradley|first=Louise|date=2018-01-30|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref> |
The gallery was closed and sold in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realestateview.com.au/real-estate/344-punt-road-south-yarra-vic/property-details-sold-residential-9745695/|title=344 Punt Road, South Yarra VIC 3141|website=realestateVIEW.com.au|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref> and after a period of failing health, Bill Heimerman died on October 1, 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/photographer-brought-excellence-to-gallery-20180130-h0qi7u.html|title=Photographer brought excellence to gallery|last=Bradley|first=Louise|date=2018-01-30|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 04:53, 23 September 2019
The Photographers Gallery and Workshop (1973–2015) was a photography gallery established in South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, and which ran almost continuously for forty-two years.
History
The Photographers Gallery and Workshop was founded in 1973 at 344 Punt Road, South Yarra by Paul Cox, Ingeborg Tyssen, John F. Williams and Rod McNicoll.[1] It was the second gallery devoted to photography to be established in the city after Brummels Gallery, which was started in 1972 and less than a kilometre away.[2]
Australian-born Ian Lobb,[3][4] (b. 1948) who had undertaken workshops with Ansel Adams and Paul Caponigro,[2] took over the Gallery in late 1974,[5] mounting his first exhibition as director being at the beginning of 1975, after which he went into partnership with Bill Heimerman (born January 13, 1950 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA)[6] as joint director from the beginning of 1976. When teaching English at Coburg Technical School in 1974 Heimerman had met Lobb and Carol Jerrems who were working at the same institution and who inspired his interest in photography.[7]
William subsequently moved to Brighton Technical College where he and other staff members established a photography program. Later William taught photography at Melbourne College of Advanced Education and the Council of Adult Education, inculcating students in the techniques of fine printing and the zone system.
They showed some local work, but pursued high quality international, mainly American and some European, photographers for exhibitions.[8] The first exhibition of international photography at the gallery was that of Paul Caponigro in 1975 which sold 22 prints, after which success the gallery was closed for renovations and while Heimerman made a trip to the USA to secure more shows.
Ethos
By showcasing ‘the fine print’ Lobb and Heimerman hoped to improve Australian work by example,[9] as Lobb observed, "From 1975, every second show was an international show [. . .][10] The initial philosophy was simply to let people see the physical difference between the production of prints overseas and locally.”[9] In a period when feminist photography was on the ascendant, the gallery’s emphasis on the "American West Coast 'fine print' tradition" rather than subject matter, and a predominance of male exhibitors was decried by Australian women photographers as "technocratic and patriarchal."[11]
By 1977 Heimerman and Lobb organised the first workshop to be conducted in Australia by an American photographer, Ralph Gibson, and sponsored visits by William Clift and Harry Callahan, before lan Lobb left to pursue his own photography later that year.
Exhibitions
Solo or group exhibitions at the Gallery included photographers Jennifer Aitken, Lynn Bender, Robert Besanko, Edouard Boubat, Warren Breninger, Wynn Bullock, Marcus Bunyan, Francis Busby, Jeff Busby, Harry Callahan, Paul Caponigro, Jack Cato, John Cato, Larry Clark, William Clift, Christine Cornish, John Divola, Rennie Ellis, William Eggleston, Franco Fontana, Oliver Gagliani, Ralph Gibson, Christine Godden, Michael Goldsmith, Emmet Gowin, Marion Hardman, Paul Hill, Paul Hopper, Eikoh Hosoe, Graham Howe, Carol Jerrems, Christopher Koller, Jean-Marc Le Péchoux, Peter Leiss, Ian Lobb, Steven Lojewski, Rod McNicol, Duane Michals, Lisette Model, Boone Morrison, Eliot Porter, August Sander, Aaron Siskind, Ingeborg Tyssen, Greg Wayn, Brett Weston, Konrad Winkler and Joel Meyerowitz.[12]
Closure
The gallery was closed and sold in 2015,[13] and after a period of failing health, Bill Heimerman died on October 1, 2018.[10][7]
References
- ^ Del Favero, Dennis; Bennett, Jill, 1963-; Sprengel Museum Hannover; Ivan Dougherty Gallery; Galerie Andreas Binder; Mori Gallery; LC Collection (Library of Congress) (2004). Dennis Del Favero fantasmi. UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-558-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Geoff Strong, 'The Melbourne Movement: fashion and faction in the 1970s'. In Bennett, David; Agee, Joyce; Victorian Centre for Photography (1988), The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition, The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc, ISBN 978-0-7316-2054-8
- ^ Crombie, Isobel; Byron, Sandra; National Gallery of Victoria (1990), Twenty contemporary Australian photographers : from the Hallmark Cards Australian Photographic Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, ISBN 978-0-7241-0142-9
- ^ Lobb, Ian (1900), [Ian Lobb : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)], retrieved 23 September 2019
- ^ Australian National Gallery; Crombie, Isobel; Davidson, Kate; Ennis, Helen (1987), Living in the 70s : Australian photographs, Gallery 11, 13 June to 13 September 1987, The Gallery, retrieved 23 September 2019
- ^ Heimerman, William (1900), [William Heimerman : Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)], retrieved 23 September 2019
- ^ a b Bradley, Louise (2018-01-30). "Photographer brought excellence to gallery". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Robert Deane, 'FOREIGN INFLUENCES iN AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY 1930-80', A lecture delivered at APSCON, National Gallery of Australia 10th October 2000, Canberra
- ^ a b "Timeline | Curating Photography". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ a b Tony Perry, ‘Australia: Longing for a photographic identity’. In Print Letter No.25 Jan/Feb. 1980 Vol 5 N0.1 p.8- 9
- ^ Joyce Agee, 'Introduction'. In Bennett, David; Agee, Joyce; Victorian Centre for Photography (1988), The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition, The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc, ISBN 978-0-7316-2054-8
- ^ "Beauty shines through Ground Zero destruction". amp.theage.com.au. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "344 Punt Road, South Yarra VIC 3141". realestateVIEW.com.au. Retrieved 2019-09-23.