In 2011, Evelyn Lauder will exhibit her photographs at Gagosian Gallery in London, UK. From October 27 through December 2011, her works can be seen at the Suite NY showroom in the NoMad section of NYC. Her 2010 exhibition entitled Beauté et Sérénité was a celebration of her photographic work of the last 30 years and was seen at Galerie des Galeries at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France. Since 1992, her photographs have been exhibited nationally at such prestigious galleries as Pace\MacGill Gallery and the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York City, the John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles, the Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, Winston/Wachter Gallery in NYC and Seattle, and the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in Saint Louis. Internationally, solo exhibitions have been held at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London, the Jerusalem Centre for Performing Arts in Israel, Duran Exposiciones in Madrid, Tectona in Paris, MACBA in Barcelona and the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing.
What motivates you to take photos?
Nature and open space inspire me to expand my visual horizons and at the same time my spiritual horizons. My motivation, always, is to reveal something that one might not otherwise see.
If I can capture, for example, a pattern of shadows falling through lace, and show it to people in a way that expands their perceptions and makes them more aware, then I've succeeded.
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What is your intent when you take a photograph?
Like all photographers, I am fascinated by light and the way it changes throughout the day; the way it forms patterns, creates rhythms and adds textures to the simplest objects. I'm interested in what isn't obvious, and I spend a lot of time looking for the special little details that one wouldn't always notice. One of the ways I enjoy exploring nature's intricacies is by photographing a detail and presenting it on a larger scale. In this way I hope to reveal the image to my viewer in the same way nature revealed it to me.
What themes are you drawn to photograph?
I always look to twist the everyday into something with a different meaning. I've photographed cloudscapes from Anguilla to England to Myanmar to New Mexico; vistas like the Torre del Paine Mountains in Patagonia, Chile; Angel Falls in Venezuela; Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and sand dunes in Colorado. I love to capture reflections on water or tree bark or rock formations. To explore sunlight which illuminates the form and color of some of nature's most magnificent artwork. With my series on the antique lady head vases that I have collected I am looking to celebrate the eccentric beauty and drama of these tiny figurines, while also creating scenes bathed in dramatic sunlight and shadow.
What do you look for when you are out with your camera?
I never know in advance what I'm going to find. I have the camera at the ready, I see, and I shoot. There is drama everywhere, in the fronds of a fern, in the shape of a bird's wing, in the way the color of sand changes with the angle of the sun. It's the awareness factor that is the key to discovery. My biggest challenge is not running out of film! And – yes – I am still happily using 35mm film.
What other photographers do you admire?
The list is extremely long: Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Imogen Cunningham, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Lynn Geesaman and Andreas Gursky are a few of my favorites.
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go to: Evelyn Lauder's RESUME
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Exhibition HISTORY
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Q&A with INTERVIEW magazine
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"Like all photographers, I am fascinated by light and the way it changes throughout the day; the way it forms patterns, creates rhythms and adds textures to the simplest objects."
Evelyn H. Lauder
For information about Evelyn Lauder's "Ten Beauties" limited-edition portfolio, Eye for Beauty book, and limited-edition photographs to benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, please contact info@evelynlauder.com or call 212-879-6307.
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