SUMMERTIME: And the Living is Easy

SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY

COVER IMAGE:

Neal Slavin, 15 July 1984, Channel Swimmers, 1984

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SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY

SUMMERTIME

And the Living is Easy May 17 – August 2, 2014 “What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley, In Search of America After such a brutal winter PDNB Gallery celebrates the summer with full gusto. As Steinbeck described, we do have an extra special summer ahead to savor.

Images of beaches, swimmers, campers, vacation spots, bathing suits or no bathing suits, all befit the iconic summer respite.

In the 1970’s Bill Owens developed a project taking photographs of people at leisure, which led to his book, LEISURE. The photographs capture a nostalgic view of our child and teen years, hanging out at the pool, camping out, and marching in the neighborhood 4th of July parade.

When you see a firefly at night you know you are experiencing the pinnacle of summer.

Keith Carter’s Fireflies image is an iconic work of art by this photographer. Two boys at play capture fireflies in a jar to capture light. This is a perfect subject for a photographer and a perfect summer memory for all of us.

Included in this show is a large, colorful Polaroid print of a group of Channel Swimmers in Great Britain, sitting by a big red Lifebuoy sign on the beach. A variant of this became the cover of Neal Slavin’s book, The Briton’s. Slavin photographed groups of people across Great Britain in 1984 with the large 20 x 24 in. format Polaroid camera (weighing 235 lbs.).

Many more summer images by PDNB artists will be included in this lighthearted show made for summer dreamers. It is a fun theme sure to leave you smiling on your way to the swimming hole.

Featured Artist: Shelby Lee Adams John Albok Andrew Buurman Keith Carter William Eggleston Morris Engel Harold Feinstein Earlie Hudnall, Jr. David Johndrow George Krause Jacque Henru Lartigue Nickolas Muray

Bill Owens Esteban Pastorino Diaz Eliot Porter Walter Rosenblum Vojtech V. Sláma Neal Slavin Robyn Stacey Todd Stewart Jock Sturges Chris Verene Bunny Yeager

SHELBY LEE ADAMS The Newsome Children, 1997 Gelatin silver 18 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.

SHELBY LEE ADAMS Tyler & Sheba, 2001 Gelatin silver 20 x 16 in.

JOHN ALBOK Forth of July, New Jersey, 1948 Vintage gelatin silver 14 x 11 in.

JOHN ALBOK Guardian, 1938 Vintage gelatin silver 9 1/7 x 7 5/8 in.

JOHN ALBOK Coney Island (Beach Swimmers), 1929 Vintage gelatin silver 20 x 16 in.

JOHN ALBOK What Fun!, c. 1940’s Vintage gelatin silver 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

JOHN ALBOK New York Scene (Sidewalk Race), 1945 Vintage gelatin silver 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

JOHN ALBOK Bathing Beauties, 1943 Vintage gelatin silver 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

JOHN ALBOK Untitled (Ice Cream Vendor), 1958 Vintage gelatin silver 13 x 10 1/4 in.

ANDREW BUURMAN The Serpentine Swimming Club (02), 2001 Gelatin silver 15 x 15 in.

KEITH CARTER Fireflies Contact Sheet, 1992 Gelatin silver 9 x 11 in.

KEITH CARTER Noonday, Smith County, 1985 Gelatin silver 15 x 15 in.

KEITH CARTER Pep, Hockley County, 1985 Gelatin silver 15 x 15 in.

KEITH CARTER Flippers, 2004 Toned gelatin silver 15 x 15 in.

ESTEBAN PASTORINO DIAZ Belanio, Skopelos, Greece, 2002 Digital c-print 12 x 16 in.

WILLIAM EGGLESTON (Snowball stand New Orleans/14 Pictures), 1974 Gelatin silver 13 x 18 3/4 in.

MORRIS ENGEL Boy Street Shower, 1938 Gelatin silver 13 x 10 in.

MORRIS ENGEL Water Fountains, Coney Island, 1938 Gelatin silver 11 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.

MORRIS ENGEL Women, Coney Island, 1938 Gelatin silver 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.

HAROLD FEINSTEIN Screaming on The Cyclone, Coney Island, 1952 Gelatin silver 14 x 11 in.

EARLIE HUDNALL, JR. Cooling Down, 1997 Gelatin silver 18 3/4 x 15 in.

EARLIE HUDNALL, JR. Looking Out, 1991 Gelatin silver 18 3/4 x 15 in.

EARLIE HUDNALL, JR. Flipping Boy, 1983 Gelatin silver 18 3/4 x 15 in.

DAVID JOHNDROW Snail, 2005 Platinum-Palladium 10 x 10 in.

DAVID JOHNDROW Dragonfly No. 4, 2004 Platinum-Palladium 10 x 10 in.

GEORGE KRAUSE Alice, New York, 1965 Toned gelatin silver 13 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.

JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE Deauville: Daisy SpĂŠranza, 1916 Gelatin silver 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.

NICKOLAS MURAY Babe Ruth, 1927 Hand coated platinum 13 3/4 x 11 in.

BILL OWENS New Suburbia, Hayward (Weed Wacker), 2006 Digital c-print 20 x 16 in.

BILL OWENS Every summer we go all out on our camp in Yosemite, 1976 Gelatin silver 11 x 14 in.

BILL OWENS Untitled (parade woman holding flag), 1971 Gelatin silver 11 x 14 in.

BILL OWENS Our house was built with the living room in back, 1971 Gelatin silver 11 x 14 in.

BILL OWENS Sunday afternoon we get it together, 1971 Gelatin silver 11 x 14 in.

ELIOT PORTER Columbine Leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine 1974 Dye transfer 14 x 11 in.

WALTER ROSENBLUM Girl on Swing, Pitt St. N.Y, 1938 Gelatin silver 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.

VOJTECH V. SLĂ MA Catherine in The Pond, Slatina, CZ, 1998 Gelatin silver 11 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.

NEAL SLAVIN 15 July 1984 Channel Swimmers, 1984 Polaroid 24 x 20 in.

ROBYN STACEY The First Cut, 2009 C-print 47 1/4 x 62 3/4 in.

TODD STEWART Lily, 2008 Archival Pigment 30 x 24 in.

JOCK STURGES Fanny, Montalivet, France, 1991 Gelatin silver 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.

CHRIS VERENE My Cousin’s Husband’s Brother’s Cousin’s Cousin , 2002 Digital c-print 24 x 20 in.

CHRIS VERENE Steve’s Laundry, 2008 Digital c-print 30 x 36 in.

CHRIS VERENE Steve’s Laundry, 2008 Digital c-print 30 x 36 in.

BUNNY YEAGER Bettie Page Seated with White Bikini, 1954 Gelatin silver 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.

BUNNY YEAGER Bettie Page Standing with Driftwood, Miami, FL, 1954 Gelatin silver 16 x 15 1/4 in.

BUNNY YEAGER Bettie Page at Key Biscayne, FL, 1954 Gelatin silver 16 1/4 x 15 1/4

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