Seven State Exhibit
workshops/field trips
SAM ABELL "It was all about stepping into magic." Sam Abell - on learning to print photographs from his father Sam Abell learned photography from his father when he was growing up in northwest Ohio, and for three decades his pursuit of the image took him all over the globe as a National Geographic Society photographer. His pictures appeared in numerous National Geographic magazine articles on a variety of cultural and wilderness subjects in distant places, with favorite places being Newfoundland, Australia, Venice, the Galapagos and Japan. He is known for photographs that start at a documentary level yet remain open to interpretation on an artistic level. His book credits include a collaboration with author Stephen Ambrose on Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery in 1998, and again in 2002 with Mississippi: River of History. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and the book Stay This Moment accompanied a retrospective exhibit of his work at the International Center for Photography. Most recently, The Life of a Photograph completes a set of three volumes begun in 2000 with Seeing Gardens which was followed in 2002 with The Photographic Life. Since 1989 he has been associated with Santa Fe Workshops as a teacher of photography and book publishing, as well as serving as part of the Workshops' Mentor program. He is a sought after lecturer and teacher, widely respected for his thoughtful articulate lectures and inspiring workshops. In 2009, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Toledo. Additional work can be viewed at www.samabell-thephotographiclife.com. Co-sponsored by Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and brought to Madison through the Canon Explorers of Light program, Sam Abell is the PhotoMIdwest 2010 keynote speaker. His presentation will be Monday, Oct. 4 at Lecture Hall of Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), 227 State Street at 7 p.m.
SAM ABELL
"It was all about stepping into magic." Sam Abell - on learning to print
photographs from his father
Sam Abell learned photography from his father when he was growing up in
northwest Ohio, and for three decades his pursuit of the image took him all over
the globe as a National Geographic Society photographer. His pictures
appeared in numerous National Geographic magazine articles on a variety of
cultural and wilderness subjects in distant places, with favorite places being
Newfoundland, Australia, Venice, the Galapagos and Japan. He is known for
photographs that start at a documentary level yet remain open to interpretation
on an artistic level.
His book credits include a collaboration with author Stephen Ambrose on
Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery in 1998, and again in 2002 with
Mississippi: River of History. His photographs have been exhibited
internationally and the book Stay This Moment accompanied a retrospective
exhibit of his work at the International Center for Photography. Most recently,
The Life of a Photograph completes a set of three volumes begun in 2000 with
Seeing Gardens which was followed in 2002 with The Photographic Life.
Since 1989 he has been associated with Santa Fe Workshops as a teacher of
photography and book publishing, as well as serving as part of the Workshops'
Mentor program. He is a sought after lecturer and teacher, widely respected for
his thoughtful articulate lectures and inspiring workshops. In 2009, he received
an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Toledo. Additional
work can be viewed at www.samabell-thephotographiclife.com.
Co-sponsored by Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and brought to
Madison through the Canon Explorers of Light program, Sam Abell is the
PhotoMIdwest 2010 keynote speaker. His presentation will be Monday, Oct. 4
at Lecture Hall of Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), 227
State Street at 7 p.m.