Just Loomis
dal 7/4/2011 al 20/5/2011
Segnalato da
7/4/2011
Just Loomis
Galerie Hiltawsky, Berlin
As We Are. 30 colour and b/w photographs illustrate the world of the photographer. Although rooted in the tradition of social landscape photography, Loomis ventures deeper into the nature of his personal relationships and memories.
Gallery Hiltawsky is pleased to announce 'As We Are' - an exhibition by the American photographer Just Loomis (*1957, Nevada) opening on April 9, 2011. The exhibition includes 30 colour and b/w photographs that illustrate the empathetic, vivid and intimate world of this contemporary photographer. Although rooted in the tradition of social landscape photography, the naturalist genre from the mid-1950s, Loomis ventures deeper into the nature of his personal relationships and memories with this set of photographs. The work echoes a narrative, and documentary aesthetic, but gains its contemporary relevance through the
examination of such concepts as alienation and social role placement-displacement.
„Loomis dispenses with formal experiments relying instead on a charity and affectionate perspective towards humanity. The pictures depict deeply-felt encounters with others who often return a sense of openness and curiosity without factitiousness. On display are children alongside waitresses, models and strippers, forlorn strangers and couples, old and young. Time and again his own family is exposed – all caught up in the moment, on the street, in the neighbourhood, in a passing car or a dimly lit suburban motel room. In these portraits and landscapes, bleak and uniquely American, Just Loomis captures memories and cravings; evoking childhood’s intensity and spontaneity. Just Loomis brings home an America familiar and foreign at the same time: in all her vitality, the sensation of breadth, the variety of people from all backgrounds and the existence of iconic features.”
(Quote: Matthias Harder)
As a former assistant to Helmut Newton, Loomis learned the importance of presenting his own, personal heroes: children, waitresses, family – people he loved and others he happens to encounter. Loomis focuses on glances, revealing the peculiar and subtle beauty of the imperfect. From these encounters emerge exceptional portraits resulting in a meeting of souls…between photographer and subject.
Also, included in the exhibition is a unique set of photographs of the Norwegian Pop band a-ha, done between 1985 and 1991. The Grammy nominated cover for Hunting High and Low is presented alongside other a-ha covers: Stay on These Roads, East of the Sun and Memorial Beach. Loomis first met the band in 1985, on the set of the ground-breaking video, Take on Me. They became fast friends and worked together up until 1991 when Loomis was along on the Brazilian tour. The exhibition includes a kind of photo diary of the 1991 Brazilian pictures, many that have never been seen nor published before this March, 2011.
The new book a-ha photographer Just Loomis, was released March 2011, by the Norwegian publisher Forlaget PRESS. Soft cover, 95 pages of colour and b/w photographs from the personal archives of Just Loomis, this book chronicles his entire history with the band a-ha: Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Pal Waaktaar-Savoy. Signed copies of the book will be available at the
reception and during the exhibition.
For additional press information including copy and pictures please contact:
Nadine Dinter - public relations
Fasanenstraße 70, 10719 Berlin
tel: +49 (0) 30 398 87 411
mobile: +49 (0) 151 123 70 951
email: presse@nadine-dinter.de
web: www.dinter-pr.de
Image: Hunting High and Low, London, 1985, copyright Just Loomis
Opening reception April 8th 2011, 7 pm
Gallery Hiltawsky
Tucholskystraße 41, 10117 Berlin
Opening hours: Wednesday – Saturday 2pm – 6pm
free admission