Commercial & Fine Art Photographer Los Angeles, California
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* 1954 Born in Los Angeles
* 1971 Began photography professionally
Completed two years at University of California at Los Angeles
* 1972-1980 Contributed photographic essays and portfolios to
publications worldwide on a freelance basis
* 1977 Established residence in Paris, France
* 1981 Founded Melrose Publishing Company
* 1983 Founded Collector's Editions Ltd., mail order distributor
of
fine art photography publications
Began work on the "Blue Series"
* 1983-7 Published twenty four fine art photography books by various
authors, including Paper Dolls by Art Kane and By the Sea by Robert
Farber
* 1985 Formed partnership with Arpel Graphics to produce fine
posters;
two limited edition posters from "Blue Series" published
Launched Collectors Photography Magazine
* 1985-1988 Wrote and published over 100 interviews and profiles
with photographers for Collectors Photography and Darkroom Photography
magazines.
* 1987 Acquired Darkroom Photography magazine
* 1988 Sold the Melrose Publishing Group
Finished work on the "Blue Series
* 1989 Returned to commercial, fashion, beauty and fine art photography
Created the "American Indian Series"
Began work on the "Laura Series"
* 1990 Created the Cross America Series with Laura Morton
* 1991 Began work on the "Mountain Men Series"
Joined Sygma
Joined The Image Bank
Publication of fourteen postcards by Editions Art, Germany
Publication of series of postcards by Editions Marion Valentine,
Paris France
* 1992 Publication of six continuos tone fine-art posters from
the
"American Indian Series" by Special Editions Ltd., Chicago
Produced an edition of 100 signed and numbered 30cm X 40cm
Cibachromes from one image of the "Blue Series" for
Museo Ken Damy di Fotografia Contamporanea, Brescia
* 1993 Began the "Disappearing America" Series documenting
62 small towns along the Oregon Trail.
* 1994 Built Studio 1289 in Los Angeles
Joined Planet Pictures as Video Director
Began "Legends of the Blues" Portfolio in association with
the House of Blues
Produced and Directed 26 minute documentary film entitled "Willy Ronis: Menilmontant / Belleville" Les Fruit du Hasard shown during the Month of Photography in Paris, France (Pavillion des Arts
* 1995 Created the "Havana" essay
* 1996 Photographed rural Mississippi Delta region for one month
- supported by Agfa GmbH and Mamiya Camera France
Created website DUNAS.COM with mirror site in France IMAGINET.FR/DUNAS
*1998STATE OF THE BLUES, Published by Aperture, October
Golden Light Awards, Honorable Mention, State of the Blues
Photographie Photokina 1998 Top Job Award
*1999
Completed Disappearing America Essay (Now titled American Pictures)
Finalist, Alfred Eisenstadt Award for Portraiture
*2000
Received the KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE Award from the Blues Foundation, Memphis Tennessee
*2002 AMERICAN PICTURES Published by Könemann Verlag (May)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One-Person Exhibitions
2002
The Elizabeth Collection,
Rochester, New York,
Three Directions: Recent Work September 13-October 27, 2002
La FNAC Nimes, Nimes, France, American Pictures July 2 - September 7
Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi, State of the Blues, May 3-June 15
La FNAC Italie, Paris, France, American Pictures,
March 12-April 15
2001
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, American Pictures>, November 9 - December 29, 2001
Lubbock Fine Art Center, Lubbock, State of the Blues, September 1 - October 31
Leica AG, Solms, Germany. Il Nudo Italiano. July, 2001.
Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Palm Beach, Florida. American Pictures. January - March.
2000
Museo Ken Damy di Fotographia Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy, Nudo Italiano, July 22- August 21
African American Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, State of the Blues, June 1 - August 30
1999
African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, State of the Blues, September 24-November 28
Museo Ken Damy di Fotographia Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy, Blues Legends, June 6 - July 11
DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, State of the Blues, June 3 - September 12, 1999
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, State of the Blues, June 4 - July 10
Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, State of the Blues, May 27, July 10
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, State of the Blues,May 7 - September 12
21st International Foto Festival, Knokke - Heist, Belgium, 20 Years of Nudes, March 28 - April 18.
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, State of the Blues, February 5- March 28
1998
Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi, State of the Blues, November 1998 - January 1999
Imagine Galerie, Modena, Italia, Nudes, 6 June - 3 July
Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Tokyo, Japan Laura, May 21-July 31
1997
Hotel du Forum, Arles, France. 28ieme Rencontres d'Arles, "20 ans de nus"
Musée Tour Carre, St. Maxime, France - Rencontres d'Aphoram, St. Maxim, France 20ans de Nus May 21-June 1
Galerie Aphoram, Ramatuelle, France 20 ans de nus, June 4-July 3
House of Blues, Los Angeles; Permanent Installation, "Legends of Blues"
1996
Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi, "Legends of the Blues," August 1-November 1. With support from the HOUSE of BLUES
Hotel du Forum, 27ieme Rencontres d'Arles, Arles France 16 portraits
from
"Legends of the Blues" series. July 4-21
Museo Ken Damy di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milano, Italia "America"
June 3 - July 2
1995
Leica Headquarters, Solms, Germany "Laura" October 1-30
Museo Ken Damy di Fotografia Contemporanea, Brescia, Italia "America"
June 25-July 20
1994
Museo Ken Damy Milano, Milan, Italy, "Laura" November
8-26 1994
Hotel du Forum, Arles, France "Laura - 20 Images" July
5-13, 1994 25ieme Rencontres d'Arles. Sponsored by LEICA CAMERA
GMBH.
1993
Museo Ken Damy di Fotografia Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy "The
Laura Series." September 12 - October 11.
Accademia Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, "The Blue
Series." April
1992
Rosamilia Photogallery, Salerno, Italy. "Mountain Men"
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