Dennis Stock (American, –2010)

Timeline

1928
Born in New York, NY
1947
Became an apprentice to Life magazine photographer Gjon Mili and won first prize in Life's Young Photographers contest
1951
1st Prize, "Life" Young Photographers Contest, USA
1954
Member of Magnum Photos
1957–1960
Made lively portraits of jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Gene Krupa and Duke Ellington for his book Jazz Street
1962
1st Prize, International Photography Competition, Poland
1968
Stock took a leave of absence from Magnum to create Visual Objectives, a film production company, and he shot several documentaries
1965–1969
Captured the attempts of California hippies to reshape society according to ideals of love and caring
1969–1970
Served as president of Magnum's film and new media division
1970–1989
Worked on color books, emphasizing the beauty of nature through details and landscape
1991
Advertising Photographers of America, USA
1990–1999
Went back to his urban origins, exploring the modern architecture of large cities. His recent work was mostly focused on the abstraction of flowers.
Dennis Stock resided in Woodstock, NY, and his widow is the author Susan Richards

Exhibitions

2009
Woodstock Generation - Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
2009
Dennis Stock: Altered States – Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
2008
American Dreams- Galerie Hoffman, Munich, Germany
2008
Jazz and Film - Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2007
Retrospective - Festival International du Photojournalisme Perpignan, France
2006
Conference and Hippies exhibition - VincinoLontano, Udine, Italy
2006
Retrospective - Kaiserliches Hofmobilien Depot, Vienna, Austria
2006
Dennis Stock’s James Dean Fifty Years Ago – International Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C.
2005–2006
James Dean Comes Home – Photographs – Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2005
Retrospective - Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2005
Retrospective - NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
Retrospective-Dennis Stock – Hacklebury Gallery, London, UK
1999–2000
Dennis Stock: Photo Essayist – Staley Wise Gallery, New York, NY
1994–1996
Made in U.S.A.: 1951 to 1971- Schirm Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; thereafter major cities in Germany
1995
Galleria II Diaframma, Milan, Italy
1995
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1995
Espace Photographique de Paris, Paris, France
1992–1994
La Tour Des Cardinaux, L'Isle Sur La-Sorgue, France; Mitsukoshi/Tokyo; thereafter major cities in Japan
1990
Office Departmental de la Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
1987
Urban Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Photofind Gallery, Woodstock, New York, USA
1977
Retrospective - International Center of Photography, New York, NY
1976
Alpha Cubic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1974
Sony Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1967–1974
The Sun - originated at Eastman House, Rochester, New York, NY
1973
Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock, New York, NY
1970
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1966
Form Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1963
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
National Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Literature

2005
James Dean: Fifty Years Ago, Harry N. Abrams, USA; (James Dean), La Martinière, France
1995
Made in U.S.A., Cantz, Germany/USA
1989
New England Memories, Bulfinch Press, USA
1988
Hawaii, Harry N. Abrams, USA
1988
Provence Memories, New York Graphic Society, USA; (Provence), Le Chêne, France
1978–1987
James Dean Revisited, Viking Press/Penguin Books, USA; Shirmer & Mosel/Chronicle Books, USA
1986
Flower Show, Rizzoli, USA; (Impressions, fleurs), Mengès, France
1982
I Grandi Fotografi : Dennis Stock, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri , Italy
1981
Saint Francis of Assisi/Franziskus: Der Mann aus Assisi, Harper & Row, USA; Reich Verlag, Switzerland
1980
America Seen, Contrejour, France
1978
Alaska, Harry N. Abrams, USA
1976
This Land of Europe, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
1976
Voyage Poétique à Travers le Japon d'Autrefois, Office du Livre, Switzerland
1974
The Circle of Seasons, Viking Press, USA
1974
Brother Sun, Sierra Club Books, USA
1974
A Haiku Journey, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
1974
California: the Golden Coast, Viking Press/Studio Book, USA
1972
Edge of Life: World of the Estuary, Sierra Club Books, USA
1972
National Parks Centennial Portfolio, Sierra Club Books, USA
1972
Living Our Future : Francis of Assisi, Franciscan Herald, USA
1970
The Alternative, Collier-Macmillan, UK
1970
California Trip, Grossman Publishers, USA
1963
The Happy Year, Channel Press, Inc., USA
1960
Jazz Street, Doubleday, USA
1959
Plaisir du Jazz, La Guilde du Livre, France
1959
Jazz Welt, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Germany
1956
Portrait of a Young Man, James Dean, Kadokawa Shoten, USA
English (US)

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