Olivia Parker
Olivia Parker (born 1941) is an American photographer.
Parker is interested in the parallels between art and science. Before focusing her practice on still-life photography she was trained as an art historian and also produced paintings in the tradition of 17th-century Dutch and Spanish still life works.[1]
Parker's photographs of found objects have been described as "poetic and "dreamy. A retrospective exhibition of Parker's work, titled Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker, was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2019.[1][2] An exhibition catalog accompanied the exhibition.[3]
Parker was inducted in the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2019, along with Ralph Gibson, Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark and others.[4]
Collections[]
Parker's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[5] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[6] Museum of Modern Art, New York,[7] and the Peabody Essex Museum.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b Cardin, Dinah (4 November 2019). "Sea Glass and Snails: A Found Object Photographer in Manchester". Northshore Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Block, Annie (12 August 2019). "Olivia Parker's Photography Retrospective Showcases her Mastery of Light". Interior Design. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Spring, Elin (September–October 2019). "VANISHING POINT: Olivia Parker's photographs potently capture the edge of mortality". Architects Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "International Photography Hall of Fame 2019 Induction and Awards Ceremony". Ladue News. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Olivia Parker: Broken Nautiluses". mfah.org.
- ^ "About". oliviaparker.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Olivia Parker | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Cinquefoil, from the Ephemera Portfolio, 1975". collection.pem.org.
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