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About Dick Sanders |
I was born in Santa Monica, California and my parents gave me a Brownie camera on my 6th birthday. This began a
life-long love affair with photography. By age 13, I purchased darkroom gear and chemicals and set up in the
bathroom after dark. My folks got tired of that and had my uncle build a darkroom for me in the garage. I spent
hundreds of hours there. By age 16, I started a freelance photography business, and a few nice people paid for a
photo now and then. At age 23, after college and a stint in the US Naval Air Reserve, I landed a job with Sid Avery,
who is best known for his Hollywood portraits of Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, and Elizabeth Taylor. Avery also did
both of the "Oceans Eleven" publicity photos. When I worked for him, however, he was doing print
advertising and TV commercials. We worked on big campaigns for U.S. Steel, Coffee-Mate, Brown and Jordan, Mattel
Toys (Hot Wheels), and a new Japanese car called Toyota. When I left the Avery studio I started my own business,
shooting album covers and publicity photos for the music industry. Some of the artists I met at this time were Blue
Mitchell, Harold Land, James Taylor, and Barbara Streisand. In time, I realized I loved photography too much to mix
it with business, so I switched careers, first to newspaper and magazine ad sales, and then to promotional
copywriting, which I still do today. This move allowed me to pursue photography on a personal basis. By the early
1990s, I made "serious portraiture" the focus of my fine-art work, and by the late 1990s I focused even
more narrowly on “street portraiture of strangers.” What's fascinating about this work is the thrill of meeting
someone new and the challenge of getting a good portrait in just 2 or 3 minutes (typically what they will allow).
I've done well and have found the work immensely satisfying (see exhibitions and awards below). Today, I make
my home in La Quinta, California with my wife Maryann Jane, and our Turkish cat, Teddy.
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About the Photographs |
To create my photographs I use a variety of medium and large format film cameras, including Holga and pinhole.
My favorite camera for street portraiture is the Pentax 6x7 II with 90mm and 135mm lenses. This camera produces
a quality 2 1/4 by 2 3/4 inches negative, which I scan into Photoshop with an Epson V750 Pro scanner. I make
archival pigment prints on baryta coated fine-art paper with the Epson Pro 3880 printer. I also make archival
gelatin-silver prints in the darkroom, using a Calumet Zone VI 5x7 inch enlarger, fitted with a variable contrast
cold-light head. All photos are in editions of 20 prints, priced at $450 unmatted and $500 matted, not including
shipping. To purchase a print go to
www.photoeye.com/dicksanders or send me an
email.
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Gallery Representation |
Photoeye, Photographers Showcase
376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501
(505) 988-5152
www.photoeye.com/dicksanders
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Group Exhibitions |
| 2011 | International Art of Photography Show, San Diego, California, juried by Anne Lyden, Associate Curator of Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles |
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| 2011 | Center Forward, Denver International Airport, juried by Hamidah Glasgow, Director Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO |
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| 2011 | Human + Being (Juror's Selection), Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, juried by Phil Borges |
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| 2010 | Black & White Show, Minneapolis Photo Center, juried by George Slade |
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| 2010 | Interactive Portraits, Vermont Photo Space, juried by Graham Gordon Ramsay |
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| 2010 | Julia Dean Alternative Photography Contest, Venice Beach, California, juried by Kathleen McLachlan and Ann Elliott Cutting |
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| 2008 | International Art of Photography Show, San Diego California, juried by Carol McCusker, Photography Curator San Diego Museum Of Photographic Arts |
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| 2008 | The Dress Show, Fraction Magazine Online, Curated by Melanie McWhorter of photoeye.com. |
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| 2006 | International Art of Photography Show, San Diego, California, juried by Arthur Ollman, Director San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts. |
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| 2002 | American Photo (1st Place Portraits and People), American Photo Magazine, New York City |
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| 1997 | The Varieties of Spiritual Experience, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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| 1996 | The Red Door: A Floating Opera, Tanno Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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| 1996 | Homeless Teens: Hollywood, Tanno Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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Solo Exhibitions |
| 1998 | The Portraits at Sam´s Market, Park Center Gallery, Joshua Tree, California |
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| 1994 | Portraits of Our Children, Monument Galleries, Joshua Tree, California |
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Awards and Recognition |
| 2011 | 1st Place, Human + Being Show, Phil Borges juror, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO |
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| 2008 | Honorable Mention, International Art of Photography Show, San Diego, CA |
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| 2002 | 1st Place, Portraits & People, Readers Contest #7, American Photo Magazine, New York City |
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| 1995 | 1st Place, Members Show, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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| 1994 | 1st Place, Members Show, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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| 1994 | 1st Place, Southland Show, 29 Palms Art Gallery, Twenty-Nine Palms, California |
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Publications
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| 2010 | Black & White, MPLS Photo Center Publication, Minneapolis, Minnesota, George Slade Curator |
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| 2008 | Fraction Magazine (online), The Dress Show, Melanie McWhorter, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| 2002 | American Photo Magazine. David Schonauer, Editor. Hachette Filipacchi Media, New York, NY |
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| 1997 | Best of Photography Annual. Linda Lowell, Steve La Voie, Douglas Peck. Glen Serbin, Photographer's Forum, Santa Barbara, California |
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