About Douglas
Douglas R. Gilbert has been a serious photographer
since the age of fourteen. When he was twenty-one, he joined the staff
of Look magazine in
New York. A few years later, he left Look to work as a freelance
photographer and has since had his work published in countless national
and international publications.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, as well as in many private and institutional collections. Forever Young, a group of photographs from an unpublished Look story is his fourth book. He lives with his wife in Grand Haven, Michigan.
“The unique aspect of photography that sets it apart from other visual art media (save cinema) is that the camera produces a literal image for the subject. For me as artist it is also the crucial and ongoing challenge to make unaltered photographs that are intelligent and compelling. A photograph is full of facts, but is also capable of containing great mystery. This is what I strive to embody in all my work. To go beyond the surface—the appearance of the subject—and suggest that there is more to be known, is for me, most important. I find the natural world endlessly fascinating, inexhaustibly rich with suggestion and mystery.”
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 1993 | M.S.W. Salem State College. Massachusetts |
| 1972 | M. S. Photography. Institute of Design. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago |
| 1964 | B.A. Social Sciences and Art. Michigan State University. East Lansing |
| Professional Experience | |
|---|---|
| 1960-present | Photographer |
| 1972-1982 | Ass't Prof. Of Art. Wheaton College. Illinois |
| 1967-1972 | Freelance photographer. New York City and Chicago |
| 1964-1967 | Staff photographer. LOOK Magazine. New York City |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Holland Museum & Achives. Holland, MI "Bob Dylan: Forever Young" |
| 2010 | Sao Paolo Gallery, Gordon College. Orvieto, Italy. "Italian Light" |
| 2006 | Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles. "Street Shots: New York's Financial District in 1965" |
| 2005 | Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston. "Bob Dylan: Unscripted" |
| 2005 | The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles. "Bob Dylan: Unscripted" |
| 2003-2004 | The Lobby for the Arts Gallery. Amesbury, MA. "Selections from the Italy Collection" |
| 2003 | The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts. Gordon College. Wenham, MA. "Selections from the Italy and Dangerous Beauty Collections" |
| 2001 | Istituto San Lodovico. Orvieto, Italy. "A Dangerous Beauty". Black and white photographs of New England gardens |
| 2000 | The Home Gallery. Downriver Council for the Arts. Taylor, MI."Orvieto, Umbria, Italy" |
| 1999 | Istituto San Lodovico. Orvieto, Italy. "Orvieto and Vicinity" |
| 1987 | Auginbaugh Gallery. Messiah College. Pennsylvania. New England domestic architecture |
| 1984 | Maritime Museum. Newburyport, MA. 19th Century New England Domestic Architecture |
| 1983 | Wisteriahurst Museum. Holyoke, MA. Early 20th Century Memorial Chapel Architecture |
| 1981 | The Gilbert Gallery. Chicago. "The American Wilderness" |
| 1978 | The Art Institute of Chicago. "Spaces and Intersections" |
| Selected Group Exhibition | |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia. "Documentary Photography" |
| 2006-2007 | The Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, CA. "The Collectable Moment" |
| 2006-2007 | Farmani Gallery. Los Angeles. Holiday Group Show |
| 2005 | Sony Ericsson Proud Galleries. London, U.K. "The Official Bob Dylan Exhibition" |
| 2000 | The Stage Gallery. Merrick, New York |
| 1987 | The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1981 | The Australian Centre for Photography. Sydney |
| 1980 | The Gilbert Gallery. Chicago |
| 1980 | Bertha Urdang Gallery. New York City. "Black and White Photographs" |
| 1979 | The Atlanta Gallery of Photography. Georgia |
| 1978 | The University of Maryland Art Gallery. College Park, MD |
| 1975 | N.A.M.E. Gallery. Chicago |
| 1974 | The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1970 | The Corcoran Gallery of Art. Wash., D.C |
| Collections |
|---|
| The Art Institute of Chicago |
| The Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, CA |
| Continental Bank. Chicago |
| The High Museum of Art. Atlanta, GA |
| American Art Collection. Wheaton College. Illinois |
| Auginbaugh Gallery Collection. Messiah College. Pennsylvania |
| The Downriver Council for the Arts. Taylor, MI |
| Numerous private collections |
| Books |
|---|
| Forever Young: Photographs of Bob Dylan. With Dave Marsh. DaCapo Press: New York: 2005 Paperback edition: 2006 |
| C. S. Lewis: Images of His World. With Clyde Kilby. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids: 1973 Revised edition published 2005 |
| Flannery O'Connor: Images of Grace. With Harold Fickett. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids: 1985 |