Doug DuBois began photographing his family in 1984, prior to his father's near-fatal
fall from a commuter train and his mother's subsequent breakdown and
hospitalizations. Using these events as a narrative backdrop, DuBois, associate
professor of art photography in Syracuse University's College of Visual and
Performing Arts (VPA), embarked on a potent examination of family relations and
what it means to subject personal relationships to the unblinking eye of the camera.
More than 20 years later, the project has culminated in his first monograph, "Doug
DuBois: All the Days and Nights," which will be published by the Aperture
Foundation in June.
"All the Days and Nights" features 62 four-color images and an essay by author
Donald Antrim, a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Renowned online
photography bookstore photo-eye describes the work as " ... flawlessly edited and
stunningly sensitive," while photographer and 5B4 blogger Jeffrey Ladd writes that it
is " ... weighted with an unflinching gaze that risks acquiring too much knowledge
both on the part of the photographer and the viewer."
DuBois will sign copies of his book and give an artist's talk on Tuesday, June 9, at
6:30 p.m. at Aperture Gallery, 547 W. 27th St., New York City. He will also
participate in a panel discussion on contemporary portraiture with photographer
Richard Renaldi on Thursday, May 7, at 5 p.m. at the Affordable Art Fair, 20 W. 22nd
St., Suite 1512, New York City.
Born in Dearborn, Mich., DuBois received a master of fine arts degree from the San
Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in
New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Parco Gallery in
Tokyo, among other venues, and can be found in the collections of such major
institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London. In 2006, he received the John Gutmann Photography
Fellowship.
For more information about the book and related events, visit
http://www.aperture.org.
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