David Allee Explained

David S. Allee
Birth Date:	1969
Nationality:	American
Education:	BA Cornell University MFA School of Visual Arts
Known For:	architectural photography

David S. Allee (born 1969) is an American artist and photographer.^[1]

Education

Allee received an undergraduate degree in economics and government from Cornell University in 1991, and his MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts (2001). He began his career as an urban planner before switching to photography.^[2]

Photography

Allee's photographs are focused on the built environment, and on architecture in particular. He is well known for using found available light at night in his work, beginning with White Nights (2000–03) and followed by Cross Lands and, most recently, Chasing Firefly.^[3] He has also exhibited and published series of images of the abandoned Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (2006–10), defunct Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn (2013–14) and more recently, Frame of View (2003-19).^[4] In 2020, he used a tilt-shift lens to control perspective while taking frontal photographs of Broadway theatres closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[5]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• David S. Allee, Knoxville Museum of Art, 2004^[6]
• Dark Day, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York City, 2011^{[7] [8]}
• Frame of View, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York City, 2013^[9]

Group exhibitions

• Selections from the Bronx Museum Permanent Collection, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 2014^[10]
• Behind the Wheel, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 2012^[11]

Collections

• Bronx Museum of the Arts
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• Knoxville Museum of Art

External links

• Artist's website
• Eye of Photography, David S. Allee Chasing Firefly
• GQ, The Photograph's of David S. Allee

Notes and References

1. Web site: David S. Allee American, born 1969 . New York Public Library (Photographers Identity Catalog) . 27 July 2020.
2. Web site: David S. Allee @ Morgan Lehman Gallery in NYC . Juxtapoz . 27 July 2020.
3. Web site: Smithson . Aline . David S. Allee: Chasing Firefly . 22 January 2017 . LensScratch . 27 July 2020.
4. Wender . Jessie . Inside the Domino Sugar Factory . The New Yorker . 27 July 2020.
5. News: Paulson. Michael. 20 April 2020. Showtime, Suspended. The New York Times. live. 26 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717135123/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/theater/broadway-closed-coronavirus.html. 17 July 2020.
6. News: Kelly . Brian P. . Southern Hospitality & Contemporary Art . 27 July 2020 . The New Criterion . 5 June 2013.
7. News: Cruz . Ariceli . Black Hole Sun . 27 July 2020 . The Village Voice.
8. Web site: DARKNESS AT 4:02: David Allee Dark Day . The New York Photo Review . 27 July 2020.
9. Rosenberg . David . Framed . SLATE . 8 February 2013 . 27 July 2020.
10. Web site: Selections from the Bronx Museum of the Arts' Permanent Collection . 26 July 2020.
11. Web site: Shows To See: Behind The Wheel: Third Exhibition In The Santa Barbara Museum Of Art Vantage Point Photography Series: May 5 – August 12, 2012 . 20 September 2012. Shutterbug . 26 July 2020.