Personal Vision - by Adger Cowans (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The monograph from master American photographer Adger Cowan, whose 40-plus year career spans documentary style, street journalism, portraiture and self-portrayals, still-lifes, and experimental work, with contributions from luminaries such as Gordon Parks, Romare Bearden, Anthony Barboza, and Dòwòti Désir.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Master American photographer Adger Cowans's predominantly black-and-white photography is collected in this monograph of original images taken over the past forty years. Cowans is one of the great unrecognized photographic luminaries of our time, inspired by growing up in a family that appreciated and respected the arts. Unusually for the time, his mother Beatrice always herself had a camera in hand and encouraged young Cowans to pursue his passion with vigor and dedication. And he did this with gusto and imagination, creating one of the major archives of a living American photographer today, seen here for the first time in an expansive collection. In his works we see shadows stretching across a New York City sidewalk, strollers in Harlem with umbrellas during a snowstorm, children playing in water emerging from a fire hydrant on a hot summer day, gorgeous portraits of starlets, and children smiling with balloons that Mr. Cowans gifted to them--an incredible range of artworks that mirror the greats from Cartier-Bresson to Lee Friedlander to Edward Weston and Richard Avedon.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Cowans is one of the great unrecognized photographic luminaries of our time [and has] creating one of the major archives of a living American photographer today, seen here for the first time in an expansive collection. This book is a must-have for photography enthusiasts, history buffs, African-American history aficionados, and anyone who wishes to view the evolution one of the most important photographers of our time.--Art Daily, December 9, 2016<br><br>Over the course of a long career that included an apprenticeship with Gordon Parks, a run as a successful magazine portraitist and film set photographer and a longstanding interest in fine art, Adger Cowans has been driven by the desire to capture emotion... [Personal Vision] celebrates the span of his work, from street studies to portraits of creators ranging from Romare Bearden, pictured with his cat, to Mick Jagger napping in a hammock.--PDN, January 15, 2017<br><br>Perhaps the best way to describe Cowans work is to speak of its soul, of its capturing and encapsulating the ineffable, intangible, ephemeral yet eternal, essence of life, one that is as ethereal in spirit as it is tangible in silver gelatin printing.--Sara Rosen "Feature Shoot "<br><br>...for a much-needed dose of spiritual nourishment and artistic inspiration, look no further than Personal Vision, the handsome new monograph of the photographer Adger Cowans' terrific body of work.--Alex Belth "The Daily Beast, January 15, 2017 "<br><br>'Personal Vision' attests to Mr. Cowans' mastery, featuring a broad range of photographic subjects... Pulsing with the heartbeat of their subjects, these images make visible that which is often unseen: the complex humanity that defines each of us, making us far more similar than different... Mr. Cowans' production has been prodigious.--Maurice Berger "The New York Times, December 20, 2016 "<br><br>Though the Metropolitan Museum and MoMA have exhibited his professional work, [Adger Cowans'] book... features frames from his personal collection. The tome contains 40 years of photographs -- including Malcolm X at a rally on Fifth Avenue, Halle Berry and Al Pacino on set, and portraits of Gordon Parks.--Lena Rawley "New York Magazine, January 24, 2017 "<br><br>"Mr. Cowans also paints, makes music, and works with fiber, bolstering his Renaissance Man stature. The book riffs on that distinction, showing different phases of his photography discretely, including digital concoctions, still lives, and experimental imagery."--Jonathan Blaustein "A Photo Editor, March 3, 2017 "<br><br>"Asked what he has meant to the world of photography, Cowans replied, 'I don't think like that. Spirit touches me and something comes out. It belongs with the world, it doesn't belong with me.'"--Michelle Miller "CBS "<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Adger Cowans studied photography at Ohio State University under Clarence H. White Jr., then served as a military photographer in the United States Navy before moving to New York City, where he worked with Life magazine photographer Gordon Parks and fashion photographers Henri Clarke, Ben Somoroff, Lillian Bassman, Steve Manville, among others. Adger was has received the John Hay Whitney Fellowship, as well as the Lorenzo il Magnifico alla Carriera, in recognition of his distinguished career, at the 2001 Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art. His travels have led him to Morocco, Brazil, Paris, London, Rome, Florence, Switzerland, Bali, Mexico, and all over the United States. Among the numerous museums Adger has exhibited at are MoMa, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Eastman House, Harvard University, Chicago School of Design, International School of Photography, and the Studio Museum of Harlem. He Lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Gordon Parks was a prominent African-American photographer, musician, writer, and film director. Parks is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1950s, for his photographic essays for Life magazine, and as the director of the 1972 film Shaft.Romare Bearden was an American artist and writer who depicted African-American life. He experimented with many types of mediums, and even designed costumes and sets for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Bearden had a prolific career with two of his collages appearing on the covers of Fortune and Time magazines, in 1968. His work can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, among others.Dòwòti Désir is a social curator, activist, faith leader, photojournalist, designer, and author. She lives in New York City.Anthony Barboza is an African-American photographer, artist, historian, and writer. He is best known for his photographic work of Jazz musicians from the 70s and 80s. He lives in Westbury, New York.
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