Geof Kern ( né en 1950, à New York City ) est photographe depuis plus de 35 ans. Diplômé de Brooks Institute of Photography de Santa Barbara en Californie , en 1977 , il ouvre son premier studio à Dallas en 1980. Kern a depuis travaillé avec de nombreux et célèbres directeurs artistiques , designers, et annonceurs. Parmi les honneurs professionnels , il est récipiendaire de l'Infinity Award en photographie appliquée de l' International Center of Photography de New York ( ICP ) . Des exemples de son travail sont dans les collections du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Houston , et le Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris .
PDNB Gallery is pleased and honored to present Geof Kern's second solo exhibition this fall. It will highlight work from 1987-1997. This time frame marks one of Geof Kern's (b. 1950, New York City) most recognized periods of innovative fashion/advertising/editorial photography in his career. His photographs are conceptual, often including surrealist references. Kern manipulated the medium (pre-photoshop) using multiple exposure, collage, photo sculpture and dioramas that soon catapulted his presence in the commercial photography world.
During this remarkable decade, his clients included important fashion houses and department stores: Bloomingdales, Selfridges in London, Takashimaya, Matsuda, Alexander Julian, and Neiman Marcus. Magazines he worked with included Esquire...
This fall, PDNB Gallery will kick off the season with a solo show for the highly recognized fashion and advertising photographer, Geof Kern, (b. 1950, Brooklyn, NY). Kern is a Dallas treasure, well known in fashion circles, particularly the Neiman Marcus set. This exhibition strongly illustrates the influence of high art on the world of advertising.
In the history of photography, museums and art collectors from all over the world have acknowledged the importance of photographers that specialize in the world of fashion and advertising, such as Man Ray, Horst, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber and David LaChapelle They have all been trailblazers, bridging the two worlds seamlessly.
This exhibition will include his most memorable photographs from fashion projects for Matsuda ...