- Peter MacGill
Peter MacGill is "one of the most important contemporary photographic gallerists". [Charles Traub, Steven Heller, Adam B. Bell, "The Education of a Photographer", Allworth Communications, Inc., 2006, p229. ISBN 158115450X] In 2005 he was listed as the 15th most important person in photography by "American Photo" magazine. [ [http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/2641/the-100-most-important-people-in-photography-2005.html?print_page=y "The 100 Most Important People in Photography, 2005"] , "American Photo", May/June 2005.]
Life
Peter MacGill graduated with a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1974 and a MFA from the University of Arizona in 1977, where he was the first student to graduate from the MFA Photography program. MacGill began working in the photography world as a college intern at LIGHT Gallery in 1973. There he worked with Harold Jones and established contact with many of the artists the gallery represents today. In 2006 MacGill was the first recipient of the Harold Jones Distinguished Alumni Award at The University of Arizona.
Pace/MacGill Gallery
MacGill has been the President of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, since 1983. Pace/MacGill represents The Estate of
Harry Callahan , the work ofRobert Frank ,Philip-Lorca diCorcia ,Chuck Close ,Robert Rauschenberg ,Emmet Gowin ,Richard Misrach ,Garry Winogrand andIrving Penn , among others. Although Pace/MacGill specialises in photography, the gallery has also from the mid 1990s exhibited non-photographic work. [Philip Gefter, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/arts/design/03GEFT.html "What’s New in Photography: Anything but Photos"] , "The New York Times", December 3, 2006.]Among the exhibitions held at Pace/MacGill are:
Paul Strand : "Exhibition Prints from '291", 1984;Charles Sheeler : "Vintage Photographs", 1985;Irving Penn: "48 Portraits from 1948", 1992;Alfred Stieglitz : "Photographs from the Collection of Georgia O'Keeffe", 1993;"Theme and Variation", 1996;Robert Frank: "Flower is...Paris, 1949-1951", 1997;Laszlo Moholy-Nagy : "Early Experiments, 1922-1932", 1997;"Cropping and Picture Making", 1999;Man Ray : "Important Vintage Photographs", 1999;Philip-Lorca diCorcia: "Heads", 2001;David Byrne , 2003;Andy Warhol : "Red Books", 2004;"Street Photography", 2005;Frederick Sommer : "Frederick Sommer at 100", 2005;Irving Penn: "Underfoot", 2005;Emmet Gowin: "Mariposas Nocturnas, Edith in Panama", 2005;Richard Misrach: "Chronologies", 2006;Harry Callahan: "Nature", 2007;Irving Penn: "In Flower", 2007.About Pace/MacGill, MacGill states: "photography is the visual language of our time. . . We've always tried to show interesting photographs by the artists who approach the medium with a kind of intelligence, originality and passion . . . We seek to do our job as a gallery as well as our artists do theirs. They set the standard at the highest level possible and we try to follow suit.”
References
External links
* [http://www.pacemacgill.com Pace/MacGill Gallery]
* [http://www.uaphotoalum.com/awards/peter-macgill-2006-award-winner/ University of Arizona, Photo Alumni]
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=19 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography Collection]
* [http://mfah.org/main.asp?target=collection&par1=14 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Photography Collection]
* [http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/216-436-429-341.html Philadelphia Museum of Art, Photography Collection]
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