The amazing Vancouver photographer Fred Herzog will be holding a FREE lecture at Emily Carr on October 18th! Continue reading below to hear more about the event and Herzog (taken from the Emily Carr website):
Emily Carr University of Art + Design is proud to feature a lecture by renowned Vancouver photographer and 2010 Honorary Doctorate recipient, Fred Herzog.
Fred Herzog has been active in Vancouver's art scene for more than forty years. Born in Germany, he came to Vancouver in 1953. Since that time, he has produced a substantial body of photographs, taking urban life in Vancouver -second-hand shops, vacant lots, neon signage and the crowds of people who have populated the city's streets over the past fifty years-as his primary subject.
He has self-consciously drawn upon documentary traditions in photography while incorporating something of an outsider's idiosyncratic sensitivity to a new environment into his work. Within his images, bodily gesture, the detritus of consumer culture and the architecture of the street take on a heightened resonance, as the impact of modernity becomes visible in the everyday life of the city.
Much of Fred’s work was produced on Kodachrome, a colour slide film that was difficult to work with in a spontaneous fashion. His use of colour was unusual in the 1950s and 60s, a time when art photography was almost exclusively associated with black and white imagery. In this respect, his photographs can be seen as a pre-figuration of the "New Colour" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, which received widespread acclaim in the 1970s.
Monday, October 18, 2010
9:30- 11am
Lecture Theatre, Room 301 | South Building
This event is free and open to the public."
ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT FRED HERZOG - used with permission by the Equinox Gallery
