Queen Victoria & Photography at the Getty

One of the Getty's current exhibitions, A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography features photographs both of the Queen, the royal family, and images that played an important role during her reign. With photography being a new invention to the era and making a drastic impact on how people viewed the world - including what images were to become symbols of royalty, politics, industrial development, and war - the photographs taken during this time had a fundamental role in establishing the importance of photography.

"In 1839, just two years after Victoria became queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the medium of photography was announced to the world. This exhibition explores the relationship between the new art form and the queen, whose passion for collecting photographs began in the 1840s. On display are rare daguerreotypes, private portraits of the Royal Family, and a selection of prints by early masters of photography. 

Over the course of her long reign, the queen was photographed as loving mother, devoted wife, grieving widow, and powerful sovereign. She was the first British monarch to have her life fully recorded by the camera, and her portraits became emblematic of an entire age. "

You can also learn more about Queen Victoria and her passion for photography here.

This exhibition will be on view at The Getty Center through June 8, 2014.

The Prince and the Queen, 1854, Roger Fenton, salted paper print, hand-colored. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013

Nelson's Column under Construction in Trafalgar Square, London, April 1844, William Henry Fox Talbot, salted paper print from a paper negative. The J. Paul Getty Museum

Valley of the Shadow of Death, April 23, 1855, Roger Fenton, salted paper print.

Party of Eight! - Alain Laboile featured on The Daily Mail

dnj artist, Alain Laboile, has been featured on the UK news site, The Daily Mail. This feature briefly discusses Alain's work, his process, and shares more of his magical images. See the full feature here.

Alain Laboile, Au Placard, digital pigment print, 16 x 16 or 30 x 30 inches

Alain Laboile, Dune, digital pigment print, 16 x 20 or 30 x 40 inches

For questions regarding the purchase of a Laboile photograph, please contact us.

Opening Reception for Dan Shepherd & Allan Gill

Last weekend dnj Gallery held our opening reception for Dan Shepherd's Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection and Allan Gill's Xradiography. Both exhibitions feature photographs that explore connecting themes between science and art. With years of training in their respective disciplines, both artists used their scientific knowledge as inspiration for each series, resulting in two different photographic perspectives on the natural world.

Both Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection and Xradiography will be on display until April 26, 2014. Please contact us for more information on these two exhibitions, or see dnj's webpage regarding current events.

 

 

14 Female Photographers You Should Know

In a recent post, PhotoShelter has listed 14 female photographers that everyone should know. The blog article begins by openly admitting that, "professional photography has been historically dominated by men,"and goes on to list 14 female photographers whose work you should be familiar with. 

Topping the list is fine art photographer Holly Andres, whose most famous works are photographic narratives exploring themes of childhood in a cinematic style. Holly Andres is currently an available collected artist at dnj Gallery. 

The following works by Andres are available at dnj Gallery. Please contact us for more information.

Holly Andres, The Golden Pillow, 2008, digital c-print, 20 x 25 inches, ed. 4/12

Holly Andres, The Pink Chair, 2008, digital c-print, 20 x 25 inches, ed. 5/12

Holly Andres, The Ruby Ring, 2008, digital c-print, 20 x 25 inches, ed. 2/12

Holly Andres, The Red Purse, 2008, digital c-print, 20 x 25 inches, ed. 6/12

Holly Andres, Outside the Forbidden Bedroom, 2008, digital c-print, 20 x 25 inches, ed. 4/12

OOMO Cube Now Open to the Public

The OOMO Cube is now open to the public.

The OOMO Cube is a new installation at JANM (Japanese American National Museum). The OOMO cube was created by artist Nicole Maloney, who will be featuring her work at dnj Gallery later this year. This large cube is made of a series of smaller, rotating cubes. Together the smaller cubes can form one portrait of an individual who represents different races, religions, socio-economic groups, and genders.  Each face of the smaller cubes have different photographic images which can be rotated to make a new portrait. On the one side of each of these smaller cubes is a mirror, which reflects the image of the viewer and participant who is rotating the cube.

OOMO stands for 'Out Of Many One'. OOMO is a new project going up across Los Angeles. The goal of OOMO is to remind everyone that they all belong to one world, one LA, and one humanity.

OOMO Cube

OOMO Banner, now up across L.A.

Alain Laboile featured on Huffington Post

dnj artist Alain Laboile has recently been featured on Huffington Post! See the full article here.

Alain Laboile, Le Cirque, 2011, archival pigment print

Alain Laboile, Kika, 2011, archival pigment print

For more information or for inquiries to purchase a print, please contact us.

dnj Gallery: Featured Artist Laura Parker - now extended through March

Featured Artist: Laura Parker

For the month of February and now extended through March, dnj Gallery is offering a 15% discount on photographs by dnj artist Laura Parker.

Laura Parker, Rotations (Landscape in Green & Red),

2009, chromagenic monotype prints, installation of 7 panels, unique, 51.5" x 72"

Laura Parker, Naked Eye Objects (Red),

2007, digital c-print, 20" x 20"

Laura Parker examines time, structure and similar themes in relation to insight and observation. She explains that, "Photography, whether moving or still, inevitably leads to issues of perception. While we use a variety of devices to frame or study an object, the act of looking -eye movements- can be broken down into the intentional and the random.” She asks her viewer to question the concept of truth and its relationship to perceived reality.  And, in the end, Parker’s work is as much about its installation.  “From the planetary to the simple hollow of a bowl, I find myself attracted to the circle.”  In much of her work, a circle reveals no end and brings the viewer back to the beginning, and creates juxtapositions within the work.

Laura Parker is collected privately throughout California and the United States. She earned her BFA, Magna cum Laude from UCLA and her MFA from CalArts, Valencia, CA. Most recently, her work was on view at the Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena and Kontor Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark. She currently lives and works in Pasadena.

Please contact the gallery for information.

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