Artworks by Dennis Stock at OstLicht Gallery for Photography on artnet

Dennis Stock

(American, 1928–2010)

Dennis Stock

James Dean from the story »Moody New Star«, New York City, 1955

6,000 EUR

Dennis Stock

James Dean with Eartha Kitt from the story »Moody New Star«, New York, 1955

1,600 EUR

Dennis Stock

Jackie and John F. Kennedy with their daughter Caroline, Hyannisport, Massachusetts, 1960

800 EUR

Dennis Stock

Arthur Miller and Inge Morath in the snow, USA, 1962

1,900 EUR

Biography

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
1965 - 1969: Captured the attempts of California hippies to reshape society according to ideals of love and caring
1968: Stock took a leave of absence from Magnum to create Visual Objectives, a film production company, and he shot several documentaries
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
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.
1991: Advertising Photographers of America, USA
: Dennis Stock resided in Woodstock, NY, and his widow is the author Susan Richards

Exhibitions

2009: Woodstock Generation - Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
: Dennis Stock: Altered States – Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
2008: American Dreams- Galerie Hoffman, Munich, Germany
: Jazz and Film - Atlas Gallery, London, UK
2007: Retrospective - Festival International du Photojournalisme Perpignan, France
2006: Conference and Hippies exhibition - VincinoLontano, Udine, Italy
: Retrospective - Kaiserliches Hofmobilien Depot, Vienna, Austria
: 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
: 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
: Espace Photographique de Paris, Paris, France
: Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1995: Galleria II Diaframma, Milan, Italy
1994 - 1996: Made in U.S.A.: 1951 to 1971- Schirm Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; thereafter major cities in Germany
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
1973: Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock, New York, NY
1970: De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1967 - 1974: The Sun - originated at Eastman House, Rochester, New York, NY
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
: Provence Memories, New York Graphic Society, USA; (Provence), Le Chêne, France
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 - 1987: James Dean Revisited, Viking Press/Penguin Books, USA; Shirmer & Mosel/Chronicle Books, USA
1978: Alaska, Harry N. Abrams, USA
1976: This Land of Europe, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
: Voyage Poétique à Travers le Japon d'Autrefois, Office du Livre, Switzerland
: California: the Golden Coast, Viking Press/Studio Book, USA
: A Haiku Journey, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
1974: The Circle of Seasons, Viking Press, USA
: Brother Sun, Sierra Club Books, USA
1972: Edge of Life: World of the Estuary, Sierra Club Books, USA
: National Parks Centennial Portfolio, Sierra Club Books, USA
: Living Our Future : Francis of Assisi, Franciscan Herald, USA
1970: The Alternative, Collier-Macmillan, UK
: California Trip, Grossman Publishers, USA
1963: The Happy Year, Channel Press, Inc., USA
1960: Jazz Street, Doubleday, USA
: Jazz Welt, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Germany
1959: Plaisir du Jazz, La Guilde du Livre, France
1956: Portrait of a Young Man, James Dean, Kadokawa Shoten, USA

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OstLicht. Gallery for Photography

Dennis Stock

(American, 1928–2010)

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

Dennis Stock

(American, 1928–2010)

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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