Bachelor of Arts, 1994
University of California San Diego, emphasis on History and Sociology
Publications
Founder & Publisher
American Suburb X (http://www.americansuburbx.com)
These Americans (http://www.theseamericans.com)
Exhibitions
2012
A New American Picture, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (Opens October 18th, 2012)
Perhipheral Views: States of America, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois. July 13—September 30, 2012
A New American Picture, Cinema du Reel, la Bibliothèque publique d’information, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, March-April, 2012.
RAY, Making History, Frankfurter Kunstverein, MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main und MMK Zollamt, Germany. April 20th to July 8th, 2012.
Publicly Private: Enrico Natali and Doug Rickard, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. January 14 – April 22, 2012.
2011
A New American Picture, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) April 27-July 30.
New Photography 2011, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, September. September 28, 2011–January 16, 2012.
From Here On, curated by Clément Chéroux, Joan Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels, Martin Parr, and Joachim Schmid for the 42nd edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France, July 4-September 18.
Idyll, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. August 4 – October 15, 2011
HERE., Pier 24, San Francisco, CA. May 23, 2011 – January 31, 2012.
No Directon Home, Head On Photo Festival, Depot II Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2010
Anonymes – L’ Amerique Sans Nom: Photographie et Cinema, Walker Evans, Standish Lawder, Chauncey Hare, Bruce Gilden, Doug Rickard, Lewis Baltz, Jeff Wall, Arianna Arcara & Luca Santese, Anthony Hernandez, Sharon Lockhart, Le Bal, Paris. September 18-December 19, 2010.
Artist Books, Monographs and Catalogues
A New American Picture, Aperture / Koenig Books London, (September 2012)
A New American Picture, 69 plates, limited edition of 250 copies, hand made By White Press/Schaden.com, 2010
Anonymes – L’amerique sans nom: Photographie et cinema, exhibition catalogue, Campany, David and Diane Dufour, Steidl/Le Bal, 2010, 96 pp.
"TOM is a book about obsession," explains artist Doug Rickard. "Mine and someone else's. We watch over the shoulder of he who once watched over other shoulders."
Drawing its name from that of a peeping Tom, TOM unearths vintage found images that show the voyeuristic surveillance of a certain archetype of woman in the streets of 1960s Los Angeles. The subjects of each photograph are stockinged, short skirted, and stylish—and as seen longingly through someone else's lens—clearly an object of desire and interest.
Viewed through the passing of time, the menace and original kink of these images have perhaps eroded. Taken in a city defined by theatrical artifice, the found nature of these rolls discovered by Rickard may never be truly revealed. Are they the product of a true d...
This original exhibition is the second installment of a triennial series showcasing the talent of and diverse scope of photographic work being done by photographers living within the Museum’s home state. Sixteen different artists, all of whom reside in California, are featured in the exhibition and all of the work has been created within the past five years.
The artists are both established and emerging and the variety of work is as varied as the state of California itself. Staking Claim: A California Invitational embraces the digital medium but also remains true to, and in some cases reinterprets, traditional photographic processes. The result is a dynamic exhibition that highlights the constant evolution of the art form.
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Doug Rickard’s A New American Picture depicts American street scenes, located using the internet platform Google Street View. Over a four-year period, Rickard virtually explored the roads of America looking for forgotten, economically devastated, and largely abandoned places. After locating and composing scenes of urban and rural decay, Rickard re-photographed the images on his computer screen, freeing the image from its technological origins and re-presenting them on a new documentary plane. Rickard’s work evokes a connection to the tradition of American street photography. He both follows and advances that tradition, with a documentary strategy that acknowledges an increasingly technological world. Collectively, these images present a photographic portrait of the socially disenfranchised and economically...
Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to present A New American Picture, an exhibition of color photographs by Doug Rickard. The exhibition will open on Thursday, October 18 and will close on Saturday, November 24. An artist's reception and book signing to celebrate the release of his new monograph, A New American Picture, will be held on Thursday, October 18 from 6:00 - 8:00PM. This is the artist's first solo show in New York City.
A New American Picture depicts American street scenes, located using the internet platform Google Street View. Over a four-year period, Rickard took advantage of Google's massive image archive to virtually explore the roads of America looking for forgotten, economically devastated, and largely abandoned places. After locating and composing scenes of urban and rural decay, Rickard r...