Beth Moon
Profilo
Fotografa
Tempo, memoria e natura sono i temi centrali sottesi nelle immagini fotografiche dell’artista americana Beth Moon. Sia che immortali maestosi alberi di Baobab per la serie Portraits of Time, sia che catturi lo strano equilibrio tra l’innocenza dell’infanzia e le ombra più oscure della Natura in The Kingdon Come, Moon rivela un’attenzione magica e istintuale per il modo in cui il tempo, la memoria e la natura concorrono nel far comprendere all’uomo il proprio posto nell’universo.
Beth Moon nasce nel Wisconsin e studia Belle Arti presso l’Università del Wisconsin. Le lezioni di pittura, disegno dal vero, scultura e design creeranno le basi per il lavoro fotografico, che arriverà più tardi.
Trasferitasi in Inghilterra, paese che vanta la maggiore concentrazione di alberi secolari, decide di dedicare a questi una serie di ritratti. Insoddisfatta delle tonalità risultanti dalla stampa a getto d’inchiostro, Moon inizia a stampare lei stessa le proprie fotografie, sperimentando processi alternativi e approdando infine all’antica tecnica al platino/palladio.
“Utilizzando il più stabile e duraturo processo di stampa, spero di parlare della sopravvivenza, non solo dell’uomo e della natura, ma della fotografia stessa. Per ogni stampa mescolo platino e palladio, creando una tintura che stendo a mano su carta cotone a trama grossa, che espongo poi alla luce. Ci sono molte fasi prima di arrivare all’immagine finita e queste sono per me importanti quanto lo scatto fotografico”.
Beth Moon.
Una stampa al platino palladio può durare per secoli. Questa scelta dunque vuole segnare una sorta di continuità tra quello che è il soggetto della fotografia ed il processo per realizzarla.
Il lavoro di Beth Moon è stato oggetto di numerose mostre personali e collettive in musei e gallerie d’arte di tutto il mondo, ricevendo sempre il plauso della critica.
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SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Essential Form
2021 Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Baobab
2020 Salamon Fine Art, Milan, Italy - Beth Moon
2019 Messums Wiltshire, United Kingdom – Material Wood, England
2019 The Bolinas Museum, CA – Beth Moon: Diamond Nights, California
2018 Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – Ancient Kingdoms
2018 The Rain Forest Fringe Festival, Malaysia – Ancient Trees
2018 The Citadelle Art Museum, Texas – Ancient Trees: Ancient Skies
2017 Muse Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Italy – Aboria, I Monumenti Vegetali di Beth Moon e Federica Galli
2017 L'ARIETE Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy – Diamond Nights
2016 Corden Potts, San Francisco, CA – Diamond Nights
2016 Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA – Diamond Nights
2016 The Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – Bridging Earth and Sky
2016 Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO – Selected Works Beth Moon
2015 Zott’s Artspace, San Cassiano, Italy – Diamond Nights
2015 Corden Potts, San Francisco, CA – Selected Works
2015 George Town Art Festival, Penang, Malaysia – Beth Moon, Ancient Trees
2014 Zott's Artspace, Singapore
2014 PH Neutro Fotographia Fine Art, Pietrasanta, Italy – Diamond Nights
2014 Corden Potts, San Francisco, CA – Diamond Nights
2013 PH Neutro Fotographia Fine Art, Pietrasanta, Italy – Selected Works
2013 The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE – Nestled in Nature
2013 L'Ariete Arte Contemporanea, Bologne, Italy – Beth Moon, Bridging Earth and Sky
2012 Vision Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel – Bridging Earth and Sky
2012 Cordon Potts, San Francisco, CA – Odin's Cove
2012 Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM – Human-Nature
2011 PH Neutro Fotographia Fine Art, Verona, Italy – Beth Moon, Selected Works 1999-2011
2010 Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography, Canton, Ohio – Beth Moon
2010 Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA – Augurs and Soothsayers and Island of Dragon's Blood
2009 University of San Francisco, CA – Beth Moon Platinum Prints
2009 Fiori Wave Gallery, Brescia, Italy – Beth Moon
2009 Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico – Reverie and Rhapsody
2008 Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA – Savage Garden
2008 Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA – Thy Kingdom Come
2006 The Bolinas Museum, California – Portraits of Time
2001 The Blue Gallery, London, England – Touch Wood
2000 Flatfile, Chicago, Illinois - Beth Moon Portfolio
2000 Fussleman Hall Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA – Trees of Life
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Salamon Fine Art, Milan, Italy - Milan Photo Fair
2021 Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography, UK - Photo London
2019 Michigan Museum of Art – The World to Come
2019 The Harn Museum of Florida – The World to Come
2018 Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM – Cosmo
2018 La Galerie Blin Plus Blin, Paris, France – Best of "Noir et blanc" à Paris
2017 The Waterfall Mansion and Gallery, New York, NY – New Book
2017 The Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middleton State University Tennessee
2017 Corden Potts, San Francisco, CA – Summer Selections
2016 Le Ceil Foundation, London, Paris and NYC – Wisdom and Nature
2016 Verve Gallery of Photography, 3 Person Show
2016 Ph Neutro Fotographia – From Liberty to Freedom
2015 Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2014 Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico – Odin's Cove
2013 Corden Potts, San Francisco, CA
2013 PH Neutro Verona, Italy – Fotographia, dall' Argento al Palladio
2013 Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico – Figures Studied
2012 Orticola di Lombardia, Milano, Italy, Villa Reale – Garden-Trees, Flowers, Landscape
2012 Brattleboro Museum , Brattleboro,Vermont – Bridging Earth and Sky
2011 The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas – Magical Realism
2010 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA – Exposed: Today’s Photography
2010 Skotia Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Texas Woman’s University – Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition
2008 Modern Book Gallery – Palo Alto, CA - Small
2007 Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – Best of Arles Foto Folio
2007 Les Rencontres d’Arles Photographie, France
2007 Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL – Flora Faun
2007 Aperture F64, San Anselmo, CA – Among Trees
2006 The John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY– Noble Processes in a Digital Age
2005 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA – New Photography
2005 Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO - Intimate Floral
2005 Witte Museum San Antonio, TX – Witte Water Works
2004 FlatFile, Chicago, IL – The Earth
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy
The Citadelle Art Museum, Texas
BOOKS
Baobab, Abbeville Press, 2021
Literary Chickens: Gallus Literati, Abbeville Press, 2018
Les Plus Vieux Arbres,(The Oldest Trees) Agence Museo (French Edition) 2018
Literarische Hühner, (German Edition) Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, 2017
Ancient Skies: Ancient Trees, Abbeville Press, October 2016
Uralte Bäume Magische Gestirne, (Ancient Trees Magic Stars) Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, (German Edition) 2016
La Langue Verte, Galerie Vevais Press, (Germany) January 2015
Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, Abbeville Press, September 2014
Between Earth and Sky, Charta Art Books, (Italy) September 2013
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2019 BBC (Brasil) interview
2019 BBC (UK) interview
2019 Christies Magazine (UK), 6 page spread with interview
2019 Black & White Magazine (UK) Cover, interview, with 8 images
2018 Yak Magazine (Bali) interview with 6 photos
2018 The Wall Street Journal, interview with 5 photos
2018 Telerama (France)
2018 Deep World (China)
2018 European Photography (Germany)
2017 Black & White (USA) interview with 10 page layout
2017 AR3 (Africa) interview with 3 page layout
2017 Wsokie Obcasy (Poland) interview with 10 photos
2017 Geo Wissen (Germany)
2016 Deep World (China) 7-page layout
2016 Vogue (Germany) Article with 6 photos
2016 The San Francisco Chronicle, article with 2 photos
2016 Exit (Madrid) Article with 7 photos
2016 Museumtidschrift (Amsterdam) Article with photo
2016 National Geographic (Spain), article with 10 photos
2016 Notre Dame Magazine, cover image, 2 photos
2016 Kaizen (France), interview with 8 photos
2016 The Sierra Club, photo
2016 ABC News, 12 photos
2016 Happinez (Germany) 10-page layout
2016 L’illustre’ (Zurich), interview with 7 photos
2016 Africa Geographic, Article with 12 photos
2016 National Geographic Proof, 10 photos with interview
2016 Geo (France) 8 photos with article
2016 Polka (France) article with photo
2016 Wild Hope, article with 7 photos
2015 My Modern Met, article with 10 photos
2015 Plethora Magazine (Copenhagen) cover, article and photos
2015 Malibu Magazine, interview with photos
2015 Radio New Zealand, 20-minute live interview
2015 The San Francisco Chronicle, article with 3 photos
2015 The Smithsonian, interview with 10 photos
2015 Geo (Germany) article with 6 photos
2015 The Huff Post Arts and Culture, article with 12 photos
2015 Wired Magazine, Diamond Nights, interview with 10 photos
2015 The Independent (UK), article with 6 photos
2015 Berenberg (Germany) article with 6 photos
2015 Focus (Holland) interview with 6 photos
2015 Chip Foto (Netherlands) 2-page spread
2015 PRI The World, article with 10 photos
2014 The New York Times International, article with 2 photos
2014 The Wall Street Journal, interview with 3 photos
2014 The San Francisco Chronicle, article with photo
2014 The Chicago Tribune, article with 3 photos
2014 The Guardian (U.K.), article with 9 photos
2014 Wired Magazine, Ancient Trees, interview with 12 photos
2014 Slate Fr.(France) article with 10 photo
2014 The Huffington Post, article with 11 photos
2014 Orion Magazine,(U. S.) Odin's Cove, cover with article
2014 SCHWARZWEISS (Germany), The Savage Garden, 8-page spread with interview
2014 Semanal (Spain) article with 6 photos
2014 Modern Weekly (China) article with photos
2013 Monthly Photo, (South Korea) 8-page spread, 12 photos with interview
2013 Civilization Magazine (China), 10-page spread, 10 photos with interview
2013 Shots, (U.S.) cover with photo
2013 Mangazine (China), 5 photos with article
2013 Black and White Photography (UK), 60 Second Exposure, 4 photos, interview
2012 Bazaar Art (China), 12 page spread, 18 photos with interview
2012 LensWork, (U.S.) Odin's Cove, 12 photos with interview
2012 Orion Magazine, (U.S.) Island of the Dragon's Blood, article with 5 photos
2011 Rangefinder, (U.S.) The Artistic Vision of Beth Moon, interview, 11 photos
2011 The View Project (U.S.) book compiled by Joyce Tenneson
2011 Why Photographs Work, (U.S.) edited by George Barr, Rocky Nook Press
2010 LensWork, (U.S.) Augurs and Soothsayers, interview with 14 photos
2010 Blow (Ireland), Thy Kingdom Come, 4 photos
2010 Rosebud, (U.S.) Portraits of Time, article with 6 photos
2010 Black and White Photography (UK), 3 photos, article
2010 Digitalis Foto (Hungary) cover, article with 8 photos
2009 Paseo Tiempo, (U.S.) article, interview, 3 images
2009 LensWork, (U.S.) The Savage Garden, cover, 14 photos with interview
2009 Zoom International (Italy), 6-page spread with interview
2009 Fotoritum (Turkey), cover, 12 photos with article
2008 Shots, (U.S.) The Savage Garden, 8-page spread, interview
2008 Black and White (U.S.) September, Spotlight, 8-page spread
2008 Shots, (U.S.) Issue 101
2008 Camera Arts, cover, (U.S.) Thy Kingdom Come portfolio
2007 LensWork, (U.S.) Portraits of Time portfolio,14 photos with interview
2007 Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (UK), Article, A Noble Process
2007 Silvershotz (International), Where Art Embraces Photography – 12-page spread
2007 F2 Freelance Photographer (UK)
2007 Professional Photographer, (UK) Getting Along Fine, interview
2006 The New York Sun, (U.S.) Noble Processes in a Digital Age
2005 Art Education (U.S.), Art of the Narrative: Interpreting Visual Stories
2002 Art Week (U.S.), Preview of Evocations