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Welcoming Spring
Posted on March 20, 2023 | No Comments
Celebrating the coming of spring with this Fresson still life from Sheila Metzner.
SHEILA METZNER
Anthuriums. 1985
19 1/8″ x 12 7/8″ Signed unique Fresson print
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Adventurous Aerials: Margaret Bourke-White
Posted on March 15, 2023 | No Comments
Celebrating her vital role in American History:
First Western photographer permitted to enter the Soviet Union
First American female war correspondent & photojournalist
Photographer for the first cover of LIFE magazine
First woman to work in WWII combat zones
Golden Gate Bridge (Aerial). 1951
13 1/2″ x 8″ Stamped gelatin silver print
Untitled (Square Aerial with Horseback Riders). 1951
10 1/4″ x 10 1/4″ Stamped gelatin silver print
Aerial Horseback Riders, Ocean Beach. 1951
13 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print
Untitled (Helicopter). 1951
10 5/8″ x 13 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print
Aerial View of Coastal Fog. 1951
9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print
Untitled Aerial Landscape. c. 1935
3″ x 4″ Stamped gelatin silver prints
Read more about her achievements here.
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Group F.64 — From A Recent Exhibition In Korea
Posted on March 8, 2023 | No Comments
Artworks recently highlighted at DongGang International Photography Festival
동강사진박물관 DongGang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, South Korea
ANSEL ADAMS
Mudhills, Arizona. 1947, printed 1970
14 3/4″ x 19 5/8″ Signed and numbered gelatin silver print
ALMA LAVENSON
Yosemite (Clouds). 1941
4″ x 4 5/8″ Vintage signed gelatin silver contact print
EDWARD WESTON
Iris Alberto’s Hands (Thumbs Together). 1929
9 3/8″ x 6 1/4″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
BRETT WESTON
Pine Needles. 1968
10 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed & dated gelatin silver contact print
SONYA NOSKOWIAK
Storage Tanks, California. 1935
7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print
JOHN PAUL EDWARDS
Majesty in Death. ND
10 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed gelatin silver print
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Magnolia Blossom. 1925, printed 1950s
10 1/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed & dated gelatin silver print
HENRY SWIFT
Sculpture from Henry Swift’s Fireplace. ND
9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ Titled gelatin silver print
See the installation:
DG Photo Festival
More Group f.64:
Ansel Adams
Imogen Cunningham
John Paul Edwards
Alma Lavenson
Sonya Noskowiak
Henry Swift
Brett Weston
Edward Weston
Previous Exhibitions at Scott Nichols Gallery:
Group f.64 Founders & Followers
Group f.64 and Their Circle
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Marion Patterson
Posted on March 1, 2023 | No Comments
Philosopher, Photographer, and Student of Group f.64
Schooner Gulch Beach, Mendocino Coast. 2001, printed 2002
11″ x 14″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
Bowling Ball Beach. 1997, printed c. 2008
10 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print
Bowling Ball Beach. 1998, printed c. 2000
10 1/2″ x 13″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
Bowling Ball Beach. 1998, printed c. 2000
10 1/2″ x 13″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
Filaree, Sequoia National Park. c. 1960
8″ x 10″ Signed gelatin silver print
Indian Rhubarb. c. 1960
10 1/2″ x 14″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
Grasses, Foresta, Yosemite National Park. c. 1958. printed c. 1961
8″ x 10″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
Listen to an interview with Marion Patterson in the Stanford Libraries collection here.
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Paul Caponigro
Posted on February 28, 2023 | No Comments
Classic gelatin silver, platinum, portfolio work, and a single ornate cabbage leaf.
Stream, Redding, Connecticut. 1968, printed later
9 3/8″ x 13 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print
Kentucky. 1965, printed 1975
8 1/2″ x 13 3/8″ Signed gelatin silver print
Fog and Trees, Redding, Connecticut. 1968, printed 1992
9 3/8″ x 13 1/4″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
Galaxy Apple, New York. 1964, printed later
7″ x 8 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print
Stonehenge. 1968, printed 1978
14″ x 11″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
Plate VI from the Stonehenge portfolio
Standing White Deer, Wicklow, Ireland. 1967, printed 1993
7 3/8″ x 10 1/8″ Signed platinum print
Cabbage Leaf, Winthrop, Massachusetts. 1964, printed before 1974
9 1/2″ x 7, 1/8″ Signed gelatin silver print
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Year of the Rabbit
Posted on January 31, 2023 | No Comments
A selection from our archives, spanning from the late 1800s to contemporary.
MARC RIBOUD
Liu Li Chang, Beijing (Antique Street Window). 1965, printed later
8 7/8″ x 13″ Signed, titled, and dated gelatin silver print
MARC RIBOUD
Canteen of a Steel Mill, Anshan, China (Anshan Cafeteria). 1957, printed later
9 3/4″ x 14 1/2″ Signed, titled, and dated gelatin silver print
DETROIT PHOTOCHROM CO.
A Chinese Family. c. 1898–1905
3 1/2″ x 7″ Photochrom no. 51168
ANONYMOUS
Seid Back & Co. General Commission Market. c. early 1900s
6″ x 8″ Gelatin silver print
DETROIT PHOTOCHROM CO.
A Chinese Maiden. c. 1898–1905
7″ x 3 1/2″ Photochrom no. 51211
SZE YUEN MING & CO.
A Card Party. c. 1890–1899
8 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Albumen print
ANONYMOUS
Bootsey, Sound Asleep. c. 1940s–1950s
3″ x 5 1/4″ Titled gelatin silver print
For pricing and additional details, contact info@scottnicholsgallery.com.
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Rest in Peace, David Crosby
Posted on January 25, 2023 | No Comments
Rest in Peace
David Crosby
August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023
As photographed by Graham Nash, 1969.
GRAHAM NASH
The Man Jon Sees (David Crosby). 1969, printed 1989
22 1/2″ x 15 1/4″ Archival pigment print on Arches paper
Signed and editioned with photographer’s chop mark
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At The Movies — Celebrities From An Era Past
Posted on January 24, 2023 | No Comments
At the Movies
—Celebrities from an Era Past—
PHILIPPE HALSMAN
Gina Lollobrigida, Life Magazine Cover. 1951
17″ x 16″ Vintage signed and stamped gelatin silver print
GEORGE HURRELL
Charles Boyer. 1938, printed 1980
16″ x 20″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
PHILIPPE HALSMAN
Group of Starlets with Marilyn Monroe. 1949, printed later
13 1/4″ x 10 3/4″ Stamped gelatin silver print from SF MoMA
PHILIPPE HALSMAN
Shirley Temple. 1944
13 1/2″ x 11″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
PETER STACKPOLE
Mickey Rooney Dancing. c. 1938
9 5/8″ x 7 1/4″ Signed gelatin silver print
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON
Truman Capote. 1947, printed 1970s
13 7/8″ x 9 3/8″ Signed and blindstamped gelatin silver print
JIM MARSHALL
Woody Allen in Hotel, Washington, DC, c. 1963
17″ x 11 1/4″ Signed and stamped gelatin silver print
See more celebrity photographs in our previous exhibition:
Hollywood: The Golden Years
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Two Talks By Cultural Documentarians
Posted on January 16, 2023 | No Comments
Bill Owens
Suburbia at Fifty
Foothill College
Thursday, January 19, 4-6pm
BILL OWENS
Nixon on TV.
Archival pigment print from the 50th Anniversary Suburbia Collection Portfolio
Join photographer Bill Owens for an artist talk and reception with film feature, celebrating the 50th Anniversary and remastering of his classic Suburbia, produced in collaboration with Kate Jordahl and Geir Jordahl of True North Editions. Geir and Kate worked with Bill to produce an extremely limited edition portfolio of photographs from Suburbia, as well as a limited edition book, Bill Owens: The Legacy of Suburbia: Photographs 1964-2022. Portfolio and book are both available through Scott Nichols Gallery.
Exhibition Information:
January 19 to February 17, 2023
Foothill College
Krause Center for Innovation
12345 El Monte Rd., Building 4000
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Free to attend. Register here.
Registrants who attend are entered to win a signed copy of Suburbia.
Organized by True North Editions and Foothill College.
For additional information about the event, click here.
BILL OWENS
I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns has a negative effect on his personality.
Archival pigment print from the 50th Anniversary Suburbia Collection Portfolio
Up Close and Personal
a panel discussion featuring:
Monica Denevan, Richard Murai, and Manuello Paganelli
Moderated by Helaine Glick
Pacific Grove Art Center
Saturday, January 21, 1-2pm
MONICA DENEVAN
Song for Rain, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. 2002
15″ x 15″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
Recipient of the 2022 Jack Wasserbach Award for Black & White Photography
Join Scott Nichols Gallery represented artist Monica Denevan, along with her peers Richard Murai and Manuello Paganelli, for a panel discussion highlighting the work of these three photo documentarians. This panel talk is the first of four events at the Pacific Grove Art Center, kicking off the Center for Photographic Art’s 2023 programming year.
Exhibition Information:
January 6 to February 23, 2023
Pacific Grove Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA 39350
No registration required to attend.
Organized by the Center for Photographic Art.
For additional information, click here.
MONICA DENEVAN, Apple Orchard, China.
2007, printed 2012
15″ x 15″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
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Celebrating Jack London
Posted on January 12, 2023 | No Comments
Jack London
January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916
ARNOLD GENTHE
Jack London. c. 1900
10″ x 8″ Gelatin silver print
John Griffith Chaney, commonly known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, social activist, and longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay Area.
He is best known as the author of The Call of the Wild, first published serially by the Saturday Evening Post, June 20–July 18, 1903. He sold the rights to publish for $750. Today, that would have been roughly $25,000. Soon after, London sold complete rights to The Call of the Wild to Macmillan. They printed a first edition of 10,000 copies, selling at a price of $1.50, equivalent to a contemporary $50. They sold out immediately. The book has never been out of print.
Late in his life, London purchased a 1,000-acre ranch in Glen Ellen, on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain, which he dubbed Beauty Ranch. He invested in the construction of a home called Wolf House on the property, built by Italian and Chinese stonemasons in their respective styles. Two weeks before completion, the constructed home was destroyed by fire. The ranch and stone remnants of Wolf House are now a National Historic Landmark, protected within the bounds of Jack London State Historic Park.
Arnold Genthe was best known for his photographs of San Francisco Chinatown, the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, and his portraits of notable celebrities of the era, including his friend, Jack London.
ARNOLD GENTHE
San Francisco Earthquake. 1906, printed 1920s
16″ x 20″ Gelatin silver print
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Classics By Edward Weston
Posted on January 10, 2023 | No Comments
Flaming Cypress Root, Point Lobos. 1929, printed c. 1970s by Cole Weston
7 3/8″ x 9 5/16″ Signed & stamped gelatin silver print
Chambered Nautilus (2S). 1927, printed c. 1970s by Cole Weston
9 3/8″ x 7 1/4″ Signed & dated gelatin silver print
Nude (62N, Dancer’s Knees). 1936, printed c. 1970s by Cole Weston
7 3/8″ x 9 3/8″ Signed, titled, & dated gelatin silver print
Two Shells (14S). 1927, printed c. 1970s by Cole Weston
9 3/8″ x 7 1/4″ Signed, titled, & dated gelatin silver print
Eel River. 1937, printed 1950 by Brett Weston
7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ Gelatin silver print initialed & dated by Edward Weston
Nude (7N). 1920, printed c. 1970s by Cole Weston
9 3/8″ x 7 1/4″ Signed, titled, & dated gelatin silver print
Neil. 1925, printed 1970 by Cole Weston
9 1/4″ x 6 1/8″ Signed, titled, & dated gelatin silver print
© Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, Arizona.
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Rolfe Horn: In Color
Posted on January 6, 2023 | No Comments
Grain Bins, Little America, WY. 2022
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Oak Leaf, Yosemite, CA. 2022
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Redwood Forest #1, Oakland, CA. 2021
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Dusky Autumn, Yosemite, CA. 2022
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Orange Mound Spring, Yellowstone, WY. 2021
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Late Autumn, Yosemite, CA. 2022
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Twilight, Point Lobos, CA. 2022
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
Dawn, Maui, HI. 2021
Signed and editioned archival pigment print
These color prints are archival, made using the highest quality baryta paper.
They are available in the following editions:
20″ x 30″ edition of 11 + 2AP
40″ x 60″ edition of 7 + 1AP
56″ x 86″ edition of 3 + 1AP
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Vintage Contemporary
Posted on December 8, 2022 | No Comments
Affordable works for the holiday season
MACHIKO KURITA
Two Pears. 1999
4 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ Vintage signed platinum print
JOSEPH HOLMES
Autumn Leaves, Acadia National Park, Maine. 1985
24″ x 19″ Vintage signed ultrachrome print
NINANE KELLEY
November, Vinyolo Vineyard, Kelseyville, Lake County. 2014
3 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ Unique vintage signed gum bichromate over cyanotype print
MARION PATTERSON
Bowling Ball Beach. 1998, printed c. 2000
10 1/2″ x 13″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print
NINANE KELLEY
Black-tailed Deer, Scotts Valley, Lake County. 2014
3 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ Unique vintage signed gum bichromate over cyanotype print
MONICA DENEVAN
Guitar, Burma. 2004
15″ x 15″ Vintage signed & dated gelatin silver print
CLARK JAMES MISHLER
Hat and Coat, The Amish, Lancaster County. 1996, printed 2022
11 1/2″ x 17 1/2″ First printing signed & dated archival pigment print
UNAI SAN MARTIN
Eucalyptus in the Fog. 2003
6 7/8″ x 6 3/4″ Vintage signed & dated photogravure
ROLFE HORN
Abandoned Tires, Baker, California. 2013
10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Vintage signed and toned gelatin silver print
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The Way of the Road
Posted on December 1, 2022 | No Comments
ROLFE HORN
Curving Road, Maui, Hawaii. 2017
10″ x 10″ Signed, titled, dated and editioned gelatin silver print
JACK SPENCER
Blackjack Road, Southern Virginia. 1998
18″ x 18″ Signed and editioned gelatin silver print
GEORGE TICE
Country Road, Lancaster, PA. 1961
5 1/4″ x 9 1/4″ Signed, titled, and dated gelatin silver print
MICHAEL KENNA
Bill Brandt’s Chimney, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. 1983
9″ x 6 1/4″ Signed, titled, dated, and editioned gelatin silver print
MICHAEL KENNA
Road Over Dartmoor, Devon, England. 1984
6″ x 9″ Signed, dated, and editioned gelatin silver print
PAUL CAPONIGRO
Untitled (Road). c. 1965
9 3/4″ x 7 3/4″ Signed gelatin silver print
MAX YAVNO
Untitled (San Francisco Waterfront). c. 1948
7 1/8″ x 8 7/8″ Stamped gelatin silver print
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Hand in Hand
Posted on November 29, 2022 | No Comments
A photograph by Ruth Bernhard
RUTH BERNHARD
Hand in Hand. 1956, printed 1976 by Ruth Bernhard
9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ Gelatin silver print on Agfa Portriga Rapid
Edition of 15; this print is the original artist’s proof
Signed, titled, and numbered
This image was captured by Ruth Bernhard shortly after she moved to San Francisco. Bernhard teamed up with Melvin Van Peebles, a then 25-year-old cable car gripman, as he wrote his first book. Their collaboration resulted in the photo essay The Big Heart, a love letter to San Francisco’s cable cars and the people who ride them.
Over the course of his career, Melvin Van Peebles was an author, actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. When he and Ruth Bernhard first met, he had a B.A. in literature and had recently finished serving a term with U.S. Air Force. According to the author, it was a cable car passenger who suggested that he should become a filmmaker.
Melvin Van Peebles passed away in September 2021.
This original photograph, one of the last ever to be printed by Ruth Bernhard comes from her personal copy of The Gift of the Commonplace portfolio.
The same pair of hands is also featured in:
Mr. Reilly and Friend at Fellowship Church, San Francisco, 1956
RUTH BERNHARD
The Gift of the Commonplace. 1976
Please inquire for details.
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— Dunes —
Posted on November 17, 2022 | No Comments
BRETT WESTON
Dunes Oceano. 1984, printed no later than 1986
10 1/2″ x 13 3/4″ Signed gelatin silver print
WILLIAM GARNETT
Sand Dune #1, Palm Desert, CA. 1975, printed no later than 1981
9″ x 7″ Signed, stamped gelatin silver print
EDWARD WESTON
Dunes, Oceano. 1936, printed 1950
7 1/4″ x 9 1/4″ Initialed and dated gelatin silver print
ANSEL ADAMS
Sand Dunes, Oceano, California. 1950, printed c. 1980
19 5/8″ x 15″ Signed and dated gelatin silver print
JIM BANKS
Oceano #11, Oceano, California. 2012
11″ x 14″ to 30″ x 40″ Signed and dated carbon pigment print
HUNTINGTON WITHERILL
Dune Form #4, Death Valley. 1986
10 1/2″ x 13 5/8″ Signed and stamped gelatin silver print
WYNN BULLOCK
Death Valley. 1940, printed c. 1970
7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print
BRETT WESTON
Dunes and Clouds, Shoshone, California. 1969, printed in the mid-1980s
10 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print
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Graphic Design in Photography
Posted on November 10, 2022 | No Comments
From 3 great portfolios
EDWARD STEICHEN, Matches & Match Boxes. 1926
Gelatin silver print, printed by George Tice
EDWARD STEICHEN, Gorham Silver. 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed by George Tice
RUTH BERNHARD, Two Leaves. 1952
Signed gelatin silver or platinum print
RUTH BERNHARD, Lifesavers. 1930
Signed gelatin silver or platinum print
RALPH STEINER, Ham and Eggs. 1928
Signed gelatin silver print
RALPH STEINER, Typewriter as Design. 1921–1922
Signed gelatin silver print
Complete portfolios available.
See more from each:
EDWARD STEICHEN
Juxtaposition 1920s–1930s
RUTH BERNHARD
Gifts of the Commonplace
(available as gelatin silver print or platinum)
RALPH STEINER
Ten Photographs from the Twenties and Thirties & One from the Seventies
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Horace Bristol: PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul
Posted on March 8, 2022 | No Comments
Horace Bristol: PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul
PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944
10 1/4″ x 10″ Signed platinum print
Horace Bristol was part of a small group of acclaimed photographers who were chosen by Edward Steichen to photograph different war theaters during World War II. At the time, Steichen was Director of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit.
While in the South Pacific, Bristol was on this PBY, a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s.
During assignment, he encountered a pilot who had been shot down 24 hours earlier. The pilot’s hands were burnt, but he was able to pop out into a small raft, doing what he could to survive until possible rescue.
The raft floated out into the ocean and the PBY was looking for him, later locating this young pilot. Once the PBY found him, the gunner pictured had stripped his clothing off and swam out to his raft, then tying it to the PBY craft, helping the injured pilot to safety.
On his return to the PBY, Japanese forces arrived and it was all hands on deck. The rescue mission was under attack. The photograph PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul shows the gunner manning his station, immediately following rescue of the injured pilot.
Downed Pilot Approaching PBY, Rescue at Rabaul, 1943/1944
10 3/8″ x 10 1/8″ Unique vintage gelatin silver print
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