Current Exhibition: Nancy Baron

Current Exhibition

The Good Life > Palm Springs

photographs by Nancy Baron

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 18, at 3pm

Nancy Baron, Bob's Red Car,

2011, archival pigment print, 22" x 17"

Nancy Baron, Mighty Joe,

2008, archival pigment print, 22" x 17"

Now through November 1, 2014

Recently featured on the BBC.

Thought of as 'Paradise,' Palm Springs is a vacation spot for much of southern California. It is located about 100 miles from Los Angeles. Palm Springs has this resort reputation, which has spread nation-wide, because of its attractions amidst the desert sun. Nancy Baron, on the contrary, highlights the community aspects of locals there, sharing the small town quality that exists. Baron does not glamorize Palm Springs; she is a part-time resident, and is able to rejoice in the everyday life of this place. As she states, "I aim to capture and celebrate the majesty in worlds that could easily be overlooked, seen as mundane, or otherwise misunderstood." Her photographs, illuminating the use of saturated colors and a specific style of decoration, emphasizes her observations and the possibility of a path to 'The Good Life.' 

  

This is Nancy Baron’s first solo show with dnj Gallery. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, with an emphasis here, in southern California.  She lives and works in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.  The Good Life > Palm Springs is now a monograph published by Kehrer Verlag.  It is currently available in Europe and will be available in the U.S. and Canada this fall, 2014.

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BBC's Picture This: Nancy Baron

In a recent interview with the BBC, Nancy Baron discusses her photographic 

series and her own feelings on living "The Good Life" in Palm Springs. 

(Click here to listen to Baron's interview.)

Nancy Baron's exhibition "The Good Life > Palm Springs" will be on display at dnj Gallery through November 1, 2014. An artist talk will also be held at dnj Gallery on October 18, at 3pm.

Nancy Baron in the News

The Good Life > Palm Springs

photographs by Nancy Baron

Nancy Baron, Backyard Morning,

2012, archival pigment print, 48" x 32

Nancy Baron has been receiving many positive reviews. Among her recent features on the NY Times and Slate.com, Baron has been featured internationally on the following publications:

Italian Architect and Design's "An American Dream"

PDN's "Photo of the Day"

BBC Mundo's "En fotos: la buena vida de Palm Springs"

Eichler Network's "Palm Springs Reveals its Hidden Heart"

Mother Jones's "Great Photos of High Life and Low Life in the American Desert"

Now through November 1, 2014 at dnj Gallery.

Thought of as 'Paradise,' Palm Springs is a vacation spot for much of southern California. It is located about 100 miles from Los Angeles. Palm Springs has this resort reputation, which has spread nation-wide, because of its attractions amidst the desert sun. Nancy Baron, on the contrary, highlights the community aspects of locals there, sharing the small town quality that exists. Baron does not glamorize Palm Springs; she is a part-time resident, and is able to rejoice in the everyday life of this place. As she states, "I aim to capture and celebrate the majesty in worlds that could easily be overlooked, seen as mundane, or otherwise misunderstood." Her photographs, illuminating the use of saturated colors and a specific style of decoration, emphasizes her observations and the possibility of a path to 'The Good Life.'

dnj gallery

2525 michigan avenue, suite J1

santa monica, california 90404

310.315.3551

office@dnjgallery.net

For directions to our gallery, please click here

dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out!

dnj Gallery is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Photographs from our Opening Reception: Nancy Baron's "The Good Life > Palm Springs"

Last weekend we held our opening reception for Nancy Baron's "The Good Life > Palm Springs". This exhibition will be on display through November 1, 2014. For more information, please refer to dnj Gallery's webpage. 

Nancy Baron signing her books, published by Kehrer Verlag.

Nancy Baron featured on Slate.com

Nancy Baron's photographic series The Good Life > Palm Springs has been featured on Slate.com. The article can be seen below. For more images, please refer to their full article here.

Baron's The Good Life > Palm Springs will be shown at dnj Gallery from September 6 - November 1. Her opening reception and book signing will be on September 6, from 6-8pm. For more information, please refer to our website.

These Palm Springers Know How to Live the Good Life

By David Rosenberg

Nancy Baron’s drive from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, California, is barely two hours long, but the catharsis she feels when arriving makes the distance feel far greater.

“I go there as much as I can regardless of how hot it is,” Baron said. “I always have this feeling that I shouldn’t be going, that I have so much to do in L.A., but when I get there and I get out of the car, it’s so relaxing: Everything is different. It smells different, the air feels different, it looks different and it’s completely transformative, it just has a magical feel to it.”

Baron first visited the quirky desert city in the 1970s and fell in love with it while lying by a pool and looking at the snow-capped mountains. A bit more than eight years ago she made it a part-time home. 

Like many photographers, the magic of Palm Springs’ endless and varied subject material coupled with an idyllic photographic template of incredible light and color, was alluring to Baron, paving the way for images that are often cinematic and sometimes border on the surreal. 

Baron said that regardless of the subject: architecture, design, landscape, or the eccentric people who call Palm Springs home, there is always an opportunity to capture a unique image.

“I think that kind of speaks to the idea of the town itself, it allows for people to be creative,” she said. “There’s a freedom there to be an individual.”

That freedom inspired a book, recently published by Kehrer Verlag titled The Good Life > Palm Springs. There will be an exhibition of the work at DNJ Gallery in Santa Monica, California, opening Sept. 6.

When she began working with Kehrer to edit the book, Baron said the project could have taken a number of different directions since she had a deep collection of images that criss-crossed genres. She decided to follow a theme of “the good life” since she felt in many ways, Palm Springs is a symbol of the American Dream, a friendly city with great weather, eccentric people and a love for leisure. 

The book, however, isn’t one she feels would fall into the genre of documentary, but is more of an impression of the people who live there. She said she didn’t set out to make The Good Life; the stories presented themselves to her, whether a shot of a road-runner passing in front of a house or a closet filled with leisure suits. 

Baron said once she set up house it didn’t take long for her to make new friends and included many of them in the book. Becoming a part of the community also opened up literal and figurative doors, allowing her a glimpse into aspects of the city often overlooked by tourists. 

“We kind of share a bond there because there is a thing about it, you can only get when you live there and we’re all in on it, whatever it is.”

Upcoming Exhibition: The Good Life > Palm Springs

The Good Life > Palm Springs

photographs by Nancy Baron

September 6 - November 1, 2014

recently featured in The New York Times

Nancy Baron, Bob's Closet,

2013, archival pigment print, 36" x 2

Nancy Baron, Pink Shoes, 2012, archival pigment print, 19" x 13" Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, from 6-8 pm dnj Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, "The Good Life > Palm Springs". This photography exhibition will feature artwork by Nancy Baron. Thought of as 'Paradise,' Palm Springs is a vacation spot for much of southern California. It is located about 100 miles from Los Angeles. Palm Springs has this resort reputation, which has spread nation-wide, because of its attractions amidst the desert sun. Nancy Baron, on the contrary, highlights the community aspects of locals there, sharing the small town quality that exists. Baron does not glamorize Palm Springs; she is a part-time resident, and is able to rejoice in the everyday life of this place. As she states, "I aim to capture and celebrate the majesty in worlds that could easily be overlooked, seen as mundane, or otherwise misunderstood." Her photographs, illuminating the use of saturated colors and a specific style of decoration, emphasizes her observations and the possibility of a path to 'The Good Life.' This is Nancy Baron's first solo show with dnj Gallery. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, with an emphasis here, in southern California. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Palm Springs. The Good Life > Palm Springs is now a monograph published by Kehrer Verlag. It is currently available in Europe and will be available in the U.S. and Canada this fall, 2014. dnj gallery 2525 michigan avenue, suite J1 santa monica, california 90404 310.315.3551 office@dnjgallery.net For directions to our gallery, please click here dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out! dnj Gallery is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Publication of Nancy Baron's "The Good Life > Palm Springs"

We are happy to announce that Nancy Baron's book, The Good Life > Palm Springs has been published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg and has just been released in Europe. It has received a great first review in Süddeutsche Zeitung, the largest German national subscription daily newspaper. The US and Canada release date for the book is September 22, 2014.

Nancy Baron will be signing books in advance of the US release at Paris Photo L.A. on April 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm in the Kehrer Booth, at Paramount Studios, New York Backlot, Stand B2. 

Come autumn of this year, Nancy Baron will also be exhibiting her work from this series here at dnj Gallery. You can keep up to date with dnj Gallery's upcoming exhibitions here.

The Good Life > Palm Springs Book Cover, Kehrer

The Girls

The Kaufmann Papers

The Red Sweater

For more information, please contact dnj Gallery.