[ [http://www.chambersfineart.com/en/calendar/2002-1.html Chambers Fine Art ] ] ]Career
In 1972, John Bigelow Taylor and his partner, Dianne Dubler, embarked on a journey throughout southern Asia. While living in India, Afghanistan and Nepal they used the camera to document the various people and locations they encountered.[ [http://www.johnbigelowtaylor.com/ John Taylor Photography ] ] Taylor's travels through Asia also introduced him to Tibetan and Buddhist culture and provided him the opportunity to travel with, and extensively photograph, the Dalai Lama.][ ]After their travels in Asia, and with the help of Gillett Griffin, then curator of pre-Columbian art at Princeton University Art Museum, Taylor and Dubler expanded their range of photographic subjects to include antiquities, works of art, commercial work, architecture and interiors, and jewelry. Their first book, "Within the Underworld Sky", was published in 1984.[ ]Taylor has also collaborated with the late Paul Gottlieb, then editor-in-chief at Harry N. Abrams, on a series of books which included "Waddesdon Manor : The Heritage of a Rothschild House", a one-year study of Lord Rothchild's Waddesdon Manor, "Gold Without Boundaries", featuring sculpture and gold work for Daniel Brush [http://www.danielbrush.com/book.html] , "The Cycladic Spirit", highlighting the art and landscape of the Greek Cycladic period, based on the Goulandris Collection in Athens, and "The White House Collection of American Crafts" with Hillary Clinton.[ ]Taylor and his partner also came to specialize in the photography of jewelry; these talents were demonstrated in their photographs of Elizabeth Taylor's renowned collection of jewels for Simon & Schuster's "My Love Affair With Jewelry."[ ]As well as working in all formats of traditional film photography, Taylor and Dubler were among the first photographers to master high-resolution, digital technology.Books
* "Ferdinand Richardt : Drawings of America, 1855-1859", February 2007, 80 pages, ISBN 0913424129
* "New Guinea Art : Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede", January 2005, 629 pages, ISBN 0884011186
* "A Walk through the Ages : Chinese Archaic Art from the Sondra Landy Gross Collection", January 2004, 224 pages, ISBN 0974556106
* "Elizabeth Taylor : My Love Affair With Jewelry", December 2003, 240 pages, ISBN 0743254384
* "Cincinnati Art-Carved Furniture and Interiors", November 2003, 295 pages, ISBN 0821415115
* "Divine Presence : Arts of India and the Himalayas", August 2003, 180 pages, ISBN 887439022X
* "Waddesdon Manor : The Heritage of a Rothschild House", May 2002, 320 pages, ISBN 0810932393
* "The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry : From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection", March 2001, 256 pages, ISBN 0810929937
* "Wisdom and Compassion : The Sacred Art of Tibet", September 2000, 488 pages, ISBN 0810982048
* "Meyer Schapiro : His Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture", March 2000, 256 pages, ISBN 0810943921
* "Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute", July 1999, 171 pages, ISBN 0815681275
* "Evidence : The Art of Candy Jernigan", July 1999, 176 pages, ISBN 0811823075
* "Crosscurrents : Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections", March 1999, 195 pages, ISBN 0810963868
* "Schmuck : Kostbarkeiten Aus Afrika, Asien, Ozeanien Und Amerika Aus Der Sammlung Ghysels", January 1999, 287 pages, ISBN 3775708677
* "Daniel Brush : Gold Without Boundaries", September 1998, 275pages, ISBN 0810940183
* "Venetian Glass : Confections in Glass 1855-1914", March 1998, 128 pages, ISBN 0810939398
* "Mr. Bristol's Barn : With Excerpts from Mr. Blinn's Diary", March 1997, 72 pages, ISBN 0810942860
* "Recycled Re-Seen : Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap", October 1996, 208 pages, ISBN 0810926660
* "Paul J. Stankard : Homage to Nature", October 1996, 160 pages, ISBN 0810944731
* "Kenneth Jay Lane : Faking It", September 1996, 160 pages, ISBN 0810935791
* "Wisdom and Compassion : The Sacred Art of Tibet", September 1996, 488 pages, ISBN 0810939851
* "Art in the Frick Collection : Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts", September 1996, 208 pages, ISBN 0810919729
* "The Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership", March 1996, 344 pages, ISBN 0810963116
* "Gioielli Etnici : Africa, Asia, Americhe, Oceania Dalla Collezione Di Colette E Jean-Pierre Ghysels", January 1996, 294 pages, ISBN 8881186101
* "Learning from the Dalai Lama : Secrets of the Wheel of Time", October 1995, 40 pages pages, ISBN 0525450637
* "Masterpieces of American Indian Art : From the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection", September 1995, 96 pages, ISBN 0810926288
* "The White House Collection of American Crafts", April 1995, 128 pages, ISBN 0810940353
* "Swarovski : The Magic of Crystal", April 1995, 158 pages, ISBN 0810944545
* "Judith Leiber : The Artful Handbag", March 1995, 159 pages, ISBN 0810935716
* "The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry", September 1994, 256 pages, ISBN 0810944537
* "The Currency of Fame : Portrait Medals of the Renaissance", March 1994, 424 pages, ISBN 0810931915
* "The Inca Empire and Its Andean Origins", October 1993, 251 pages, ISBN 1558595562
* "The Cycladic Spirit : Masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris Collection", September 1991, 207 pages, ISBN 0810931699
* "Pre-Columbian Art from the Ernest Erickson Collection at the American Museum of Natural History", January 1988, ISBN 0810931699
* "Within the Underworld Sky: Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context", June 1984, 162 pages, ISBN 0942642112
Photographic exhibitions
* "Microcosm: The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden", curated by Christophe W. Mao and Judith Whitbeck, Chinese Scholar's Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Garden, April 26-28, 2002
* "The Armory Wall: A Tribute to September 11th", ongoing traveling exhibition
References
External links
* [http://www.johnbigelowtaylor.com/ John Bigelow Taylor's official website]
* [http://www.chambersfineart.com/en/calendar/2002-1.html/ Information on "Microcosm: The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden"]
* [http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/exhibitions/traveling-armory_wall.php/ Information on "The Armory Wall: A Tribute to September 11th"]
