“Antigua” Book Signing with Margo Davis
Posted on January 7, 2017 | No Comments
Antigua 1967-73
By Margo Davis
Margo Davis, Antigua
Book Signing:
Saturday, January 14, 2017
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Scott Nichols Gallery and Nazraeli Press present Antigua 1967-73 by Margo Davis. Margo began photographing in her early twenties. Her first photographs were of family, friends, and people she encountered in her native New England. Although she experiments with many forms of photography, Davis always finds herself drawn to “the landscape of the face” and all the feeling and life that her skilled eye can evoke from the people she photographs. Among her many travels she photographed the island people of Antigua.
The economy of all the Caribbean islands was determined by the transatlantic slave trade from the 15th to 19th centuries. From Cuba to Trinidad, rural island villages were homes to the stalwart African slaves who worked the sugar cane and cotton fields. Antigua, which is situated exactly at the elbow of the Caribbean island arc, is a microcosm of this history. When Margo Davis visited Antigua for the first time in July of 1967, she was struck by the faces of these villagers, and it is here that her passion for portraiture began.
When the Antiguan photographs were made, very little had changed from earlier colonial times. These stunning images have now become iconic. It is for this reason that Nazraeli Press is presenting this exquisite new monograph focusing on the people and culture of African heritage in the New World.
Antigua: Photographs 1967–1973 is an ambitious work, beautifully printed in duotone on matt art paper in an edition of 1000 copies. Margo Davis’s work is in many private collections and the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University and the Sack Photographic Trust destined for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Rooftop Gardens & Landscapes of Ireland: Artist Reception and Book Signing
Posted on October 27, 2015 | No Comments
Please Join Us Thursday November 5, 2015: 5 pm – 7:30 pm
for an Artist Reception and Book Signing with photographer Brad Temkin.
Temkin’s new book “Rooftops” will be available for purchase.
Dun Laoghrie Co. Dublin Ireland, August 2009
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Fire Island Pines: SF Pride Reception
Posted on June 13, 2015 | No Comments
SF Pride Reception with Tom Bianchi
Come Join Us on the Thursday June 25, 5:00pm-8:00pm
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Vivian Maier Events
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 2,695 Comments
Upcoming Berkeley and San Francisco Vivian Maier Events:
North Shore, Chicago (Self Portrait, Antique Mirrors), 1973
Scott Nichols Gallery is excited to announce three upcoming events:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2nd:
RECEPTION AND TALK AT UC BERKELEY
What: The Reva & David Logan Gallery of Documentary Photography at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism will host a reception for the exhibition See All About It, Vivian Maier’s Newspaper Portraits. A lecture will follow including; Jeffrey Goldstein, director of Vivian Maier Prints (VMP) and project coordinator Anne Zakaras; VMP master printers Ron Gordon and Sandra Steinbrecher; and Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, authors of the book on Maier’s life and work, Vivian Maier, Out of the Shadows.
When: Wednesday, April 2nd, 5:00pm – 7:15pm: Courtyard reception (5:00-6:15pm) and Lecture/Discussion (6:15-7:15pm)
Where: North Gate Hall at the corner of Hearst and Euclid, Berkeley. Click here for a Google Maps link
FRIDAY, APRIL 4th:
RECEPTION, SHOWING OF VIVIAN MAIER DOCUMENTARY, AND Q&A DISCUSSION
What: SF Camerawork and the Scott Nichols Gallery will co-host a reception, viewing of the (53 minute) BBC film “The Vivian Maier Mystery,” and talk. The Q & A format talk will feature Jeffrey Goldstein, director of Vivian Maier Prints (VMP) and project coordinator Anne Zakaras; VMP master printers Ron Gordon and Sandra Steinbrecher; and Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, authors of the book on Maier’s life and work, Vivian Maier, Out of the Shadows.
When: Friday, April 4th, 5:30 – 8:00pm: Reception (5:30-6:00pm), showing of Maier documentary (6:00-7:00pm), and Q&A format talk (7:00-8:00pm)
Where: SF Camerawork, 1011 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103. Click here for a Google Maps link.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5th:
EXHIBITION RECEPTION, CURATORIAL WALK THROUGH, AND Q&A WITH THE ARCHIVE TEAM
What: Scott Nichols Gallery will host a reception and curatorial walk-through of its current exhibition Vivian Maier, Out of the Shadows. Join Scott Nichols; Jeffrey Goldstein, director of Vivian Maier Prints (VMP) and project coordinator Anne Zakaras; VMP master printers Ron Gordon and Sandra Steinbrecher; and Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, authors of the book on Maier’s life and work, Vivian Maier, Out of the Shadows for a walk through and discussion of the exhibition. Snacks and beverages will be served.
When: Saturday, April 5th, 1:00pm-3:00pm: Reception (1:00-2:00pm), Walk-through and Q&A (2:00pm)
Where: Scott Nichols Gallery, 49 Geary St. suite 415, San Francisco, CA 94108. Click here for a Google Maps link.
*Please note that there is limited seating for the first two events and no seating for the third. Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis*
All photographs in the Scott Nichols Gallery exhibition are courtesy of the Jeffrey Goldstein Collection, VivianMaierPhotography.com
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George Tice: A Photographer’s Photographer
Posted on August 16, 2013 | 6,475 Comments
Our upcoming exhibition: George Tice, A Photographer’s Photographer. The show is a sixty year retrospective and celebration of his 75th birthday. George will be at the Scott Nichols Gallery on the 26th of September for the opening reception of his show and will be speaking at the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism the following day for the 1st annual Fotovision lecture. We’ve been anticipating this show for awhile and hope you can make it.
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THE SUMMER SHOW in Le Journal de la Photographie
Posted on September 4, 2012 | 4,884 Comments
August, 31 2012: THE SUMMER SHOW was reviewed by Jonas Cuénin in Le Journal de la Photographie. From this collection dating back to 1863, we appreciate in particular the many black and white photographs. Architectural shots, landscapes, street scenes, portrait: there’s something here for everyone… Read the entire review, San Francisco: The Summer Show, HERE.
ROGER MINICK, Woman at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, 1980, Printed 1910
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THE SUMMER SHOW in San Francisco Examiner
Posted on August 14, 2012 | 4,038 Comments
August, 8 2012: THE SUMMER SHOW was reviewed by Murray Paskin in the San Francisco Examiner. Every July, the Scott Nichols Gallery of photography selects approximately 80 photos from its permanent collection of more than 200 images to highlight in a seasonal show. Called “The Summer Show,” the current exhibition is rich from both artistic and historical perspectives, and its lineup of major artists — Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Walker Evans and many more — represents almost a classical presentation of contemporary American photography… Read the entire review, Who’s who of photographers at Scott Nichols, HERE.
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