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Arthur Tress

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Arthur Tress is a notable American photographer born on November 24 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He is well known for his staged surrealism and exposition of the human body.

Education

Abraham Lincoln High School, Coney Island, New York B.F.A. Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY Film School in Paris France

Curently resides in Cambria, California

Early life

First photograph at age 12

Works

Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
  • International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York
  • Center for Contemporary Photography, Chicago Illinois
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris France
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
  • Museum of Fine Art, Houston Texas
  • Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York
  • Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

Monographs & Books of Photography

  • Open Space in toe Inner City: Ecology and the Urban
  • Envirnonmnet. New York: New York State Concil on the Arts, 1971
  • Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector. Text by John Minahan. Richmond: Westover Publishing Company, 1972 and New York: Avon Books, 1974
  • Shadow. A Novel in Photographs. New York: Avon Books, 1975
  • Theater of the Mind. Text by Duane Michaels, Michel Tournier and A.D. Coleman. Dobbs Ferry: Morgan and Morgan, 1976.
  • Reves. Text by Michel Tournier. Brussels: Edition Complexe, 1979.

Current & Future Projects

  • Fish Tank Sonota. Bukfinch Press, 2000.
  • Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage : Photographs 1956-2000. Bulfinch, 2001.
  • Male of the Species: Four Decades of Photography by Arthur Tress. Text by Michale Tournier. Fotofactory Press, 1999.
  • Teapot Opera. Abbeville Press, 1988
  • Arthur Tress: Facing Up. Top Choice Press, LLC, 2004.


See also