Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
LOOKING FORWARD
TEN YEARS OF PIER 24 PHOTOGRAPHY
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CONTENTS
Foreword
Allie Haeusslein
A Balance of Subject and Image Philip Gefter
PLATES
Awoiska van der Molen John Chiara Ray K. Metzker Chanell Stone Tania Franco Klein Erica Deeman Eva O’Leary Tabitha Soren
Daniel Gordon
Richard Learoyd
Todd Hido
Zanele Muholi
Richard Learoyd
Austin Leong
Fred Herzog Daniel Postaer
Awoiska van der Molen, BBr-SF, 2018–20 (detail)
There is the magic of forms and the mystery of our lives. Where they come together is where I have a photograph that is vital.
—Ray K. MetzkerTop
I want Black people to understand our connections to nature, both urban and rural. I want to destroy the notion that it isn’t for us.—Chanell Stone Chanell Stone, Fern & Light, 2019
In the end, my main character is always emotion. And emotion is universal and everyone understands emotions. It doesn’t matter where you’re from. You know how it feels to be anxious, you know how it feels to feel lonely.
—Tania Franco Klein
Left to right:
Tania Franco Klein, Pool, Wig (Self-portrait), 2018
Tania Franco Klein, Arrivals and Departures (Self-portrait), 2017
Tania Franco Klein, Field, 2018
This is the world, which is fuller and more difficult to learn than I have said.
You are right to smudge it that way with the red and then the orange: the world burns.
—Margaret Atwood, from “You Begin”
Left to right:
Tabitha Soren, twitter.com/e_baldi/status/796284964996157440/, 2017
Tabitha Soren, twitter.com/unitetheright%40yesyoureracist%20%23charlottesville/, 2017
Overleaf:
Tabitha Soren, ylhsthewrangler.com/two-parkland-shooting-survivors-commit-suicide-in-the-span-of-one-week/, 2019 (detail)
I am curious to see how far I can push the process and still produce works that are considered photographs.
—Daniel Gordon
Left to right:
Daniel Gordon, Still Life with Oranges, Vessels, and House Plant, 2016
Daniel Gordon, Still Life with Eggs and Avocados, 2018
The light had such physical presence; it looked as though you could lean against it.
—Henry Wessel
Photography credits:
Robert Adams: © Robert Adams, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco / John Chiara: © John Chiara, courtesy the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco / Erica Deeman: © Erica Deeman, courtesy the artist and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco / Philip-Lorca diCorcia: © Philip-Lorca diCorcia, courtesy the artist and David Zwirner / Tania Franco Klein: © Tania Franco Klein, courtesy the artist and ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica / Daniel Gordon: © Daniel Gordon, courtesy the artist and Kasmin Gallery, New York / Katy Grannan: © Katy Grannan, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco / Fred Herzog: © Fred Herzog, courtesy Equinox Gallery, Vancouver / Todd Hido: © Todd Hido, courtesy the artist and Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco / Richard Learoyd: © Richard Learoyd, courtesy the artist and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco / Austin Leong: © Austin Leong, courtesy the artist / Ray K. Metzker: © Estate of Ray K. Metzker, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York / Zanele Muholi: © Zanele Muholi, courtesy Yancey Richardson, New York, and Stevenson, Cape Town/ Johannesburg / Eva O’Leary: © Eva O’Leary, courtesy the artist / Irving Penn: © The Irving Penn Foundation / Daniel Lee Postaer: © Daniel Lee Postaer, courtesy the artist / Tabitha Soren: © Tabitha Soren, courtesy the artist / Chanell Stone: © Chanell Stone, courtesy the artist / Awoiska van der Molen: © Awoiska van der Molen, courtesy the artist / Henry Wessel: © Studio Henry Wessel
Pier 24 Photography would like to acknowledge the following individuals and lenders for their assistance in making this exhibition possible:
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Black Dog Collection
Sophie Brodovitch
John Chiara
Kristin Delzell
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver Randi and Bob Fisher
Daniel Gordon
Ryan Hendon and Mark Ryan Fine Art Services
Richard Learoyd Kelly Maughn Zanele Muholi
Ian Mullen
Yancey Richardson, New York ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica and all the artists included in this exhibition
Creative Director: Allie Haeusslein
Pre-Press Management: Ry Allred Editorial Associates: Mari Iki and Vaughn Shields
Copy Editor: Lindsey Westbrook
Design: Bob Aufuldish, Aufuldish & Warinner Installation Photography: Josef Jacques Print Management: Sprinkel Media
Pier 24 Photography Staff
Directors: Allie Haeusslein and Christopher McCall
Head of Operations: Ry Allred Guest Services: Mari Iki and Vaughn Shields
ISBN: 978-1-59711-008-2
Printed in the United States
© 2022 Pier 24 Photography. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publisher and copyright holders.
Cover Image:
Daniel Gordon, Still Life with Pineapple and Oranges, 2015
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Looking Forward: Ten Years of Pier 24 Photography at Pier 24 Photography, August 8, 2022–May 31, 2023