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.

Contents

1 Education
2 Early life
3 Works

3.1 Monographs & Books of Photography
3.2 Current & Future Projects

4 See also
5 External links

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

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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.

External links

[Artist’s Homepage]

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