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Biografie Ruth Bernhard
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1905 |
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Born in Berlin, Germany.
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1927 |
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Moved to New York City after studying at the Berlin Academy of Art.
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1934 |
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Began photographing women in the nude, which she would later become best known for
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1935 |
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Met Edward Weston, who changed her perception of photography.
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1944 |
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Met and became involved with artist and designer Evelyn Phimister, who she remained with for the next ten years.
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1953 |
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Moved to San Francisco and became a colleague of Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White and Wynn Bullock
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1967 |
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Met United States Air Force Colonel Price Rice. They remained together until his death in 1999.
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1981 |
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Inducted into the National Women's Caucus for Art.
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1986 |
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Photography West published an acclaimed monograph of her nudes entitled The Eternal Body.
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2006 |
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Died in San Francisco on December 18 at age 101.
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| Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2009
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G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Preus Fotomuseum, Horten, Norway
Smith Anderson North, San Rafael, CA (solo)
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2007
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Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2006
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Photography Monika Mohr Galerie, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2005
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San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico
Halsted Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle Washington (solo)
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2004
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Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Panopticon Gallery, Waltham, MA
Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
Tokyo Photographic Culture Centre, Tokyo, Japan
John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2003
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Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, NY
Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ruth Bernhard and Imogen Cunningham - The Art of the Nude, John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY
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| Literatur |
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1996
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Gift of the Commonplace. Carmel Valley, Calif.: Woodrose Publications / Center for Photographic Art
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1994
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San Francisco: Chronicle. Essay by Margaretta K. Mitchell.
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1986
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The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes. Carmel, Calif.: Photography West Graphics
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1979
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Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard. Edited by James Alinder. Carmel, Calif.: Friends of Photography
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1957
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Van, Melvin, and Ruth Bernhard. The Big Heart. San Francisco: Fearon
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