James Crump

James Crump is a writer, director, producer and curator. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and has published widely in the fields of twentieth-century- and contemporary art and photography.

"Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe"

Crump directed the feature-length documentary film "Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe", which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. [ [http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/2007/filmguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3053 2007 Tribeca Film Festival guide] retrieved on April 27, 2007.] and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.

Books (Author)

*George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute (1993)
*F. Holland Day: Suffering the Ideal (1995)
*Albert Watson (2007)

Books (Co-Author)

*Harm's Way: Lust & Madness, Murder & Mahem (1994)
*When We Were Three: The Travel Albums of George Platt Lynes, Monroe Wheeler and Glenway Wescott (1998)
*Meridel Rubenstein: Belonging: Los Alamos to Vietnam (2004)

elect Books (Editor/Publisher)

*Adam Fuss (1997)
*Vik Muniz: Seeing is Believing (1998)
*Willem de Kooning: Drawing Seeing/Seeing Drawing (1998)
*Ross Bleckner: Watercolor (1998)
*Lynn Davis: Monument (1999)
*Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures (1999)
*Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits (1999)
*Bruce Weber: Chop Suey Club (1999)
*Walker Evans: The Lost Work (2000)
*Richard Misrach: Sky Book (2000)
*Robert Mapplethorpe: Autoportrait (2001)
*Edward Curtis: The Master Prints (2001)
*Richard Misrach: Golden Gate (2001)
*Kenro Izo: Sacred Places (2001)
*Garry Winogrand: 1964 (2002)
*Berenice Abbott/Eugène Atget (2002)
*Carlo Mollino: Polaroids (2002)

External links

* [http://www.blackwhitegray.com Official site for "Black White + Gray"]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/25/arts/WEBwagstaff.php Philip Gefter on "Black White + Gray" for the "International Herald Tribune"]
* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933595.html?categoryId=31 "Variety Magazine" Review of "Black White + Gray"]
* [http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotopodcasts/4092/sam-wagstaff-reconsidered.html Miki Johnson Interviews James Crump live for "American Photo"]
* [http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/interviews/In_View_James_Crump.html Jesse Ashlock Interviews James Crump for The Tribeca Film Festival]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/movies/19blac.html "A Collector and His Polaroid Passions" by Stephen Holden for "The New York Times"]

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