David Zimmerman (photographer) explained

David J. Zimmerman (born 1955) is an American photographer who works on long-term projects of social documentary and landscape photography. His works include landscape photographs in deserts of the American southwest, still life studies in communities of marginalized inhabitants in New Mexico, and portraits of Tibetan refugees living in India.

Zimmerman's monograph, One Voice: Portraits from the Tibetan Diaspora was published in 2017.[1]

Zimmerman has won the L'Iris d'Or, 'Photographer of the Year' at the Sony World Photography Awards.[2] He is a member of the World Photographic Academy.[3]

Life and work

Zimmerman was born in 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4] He graduated from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California in 1981 with a degree in photography.[5]

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark called Zimmerman's Desert works "a unique vision of the beauty, poetry and power possible in great landscape photography".[6] Of Zimmerman's series Last Refuge[7] [8] – photographs in marginalized communities in New Mexico, photo historian Carole Naggar writes:

Zimmerman's work, One Voice: Portraits from the Tibetan Diaspora (2012–2017) was photographed in Tibetan villages, nomad camps, and refugee settlements in India.[9] Robert Hariman writes (in his essay "The Last Individuals") "The portraits are profoundly evocative precisely because they draw on deep wells of moral and artistic truth. By risking dismissal for being conventional, they each paradoxically achieve the singularity of a work of art."[1]

Zimmerman has been a guest artist in Mumbai, India at the Photographers Guild of India in 2005,[10] and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in 2013.[11] In 2014 he presented a seminar of the work One Voice at the Annenberg Space for Photography[12] in Los Angeles.

In 2011 Zimmerman co-founded the Himalayan Art Centre – a school providing free education in visual story-telling through photography and filmmaking in Dharamshala, India.[13]

In July 2020, David Zimmerman partnered with the digital collectible cards company Phil Ropy and created a card to raise awareness for The Tibet Fund. The picture on the card shows a portrait of a Tibetan monk from his monograph, One Voice: Portraits from the Tibetan Diaspora.[1] The card is displayed on the home page of the Tibet Fund's websitehttps://tibetfund.org/ and the proceeds from the sales of the card are redistributed to the organization.[14]  

Publications

Technique

Zimmerman's Gulf Coast portraits were photographed with an 8×10 inch large format view camera.[17]

Exhibitions

Awards

References

  1. Book: Zimmerman. David. David Zimmerman One Voice. Gyal. Dhondup. Gyatso. Tenzin. Hariman. Robert. Paddock. Eric. Sonam. Bhuchung D. Verlag. Kehrer. 2017. 978-3-86828-773-8. en. 968221670.
  2. Web site: 2009-04-17. American photographer David Zimmerman wins top prize at Sony World. 2020-08-25. The Independent. en.
  3. Web site: World Photographic Academy. 2020-08-25. World Photography Organisation. en.
  4. Web site: Barriers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120717182955/http://www.hau.gr:80/?i=culture.en.past_event.1607 . 2012-07-17 . February 6, 2021. Hellenic American Union.
  5. Web site: David Zimmerman Artist Capital Culture Gallery. 2021-02-06. Capital Culture. en-GB.
  6. News: 2009-04-17. Desert shots awarded photo prize. en-GB. BBC. 2020-08-10.
  7. Miller. Jared T.. Clothing as Artifact: David Zimmerman's 'Last Refuge'. 2020-08-25. Time. en-us.
  8. Web site: The New York Photo Review David Zimmerman at Sous les Etoiles. 2020-08-25. www.nyphotoreview.com.
  9. Web site: David Zimmerman, CNN Photos. https://web.archive.org/web/20150922172033/http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/category/david-zimmerman/. dead. September 22, 2015. 2020-08-11. en.
  10. Web site: February 28, 2005. Anjali. Doshi. PGI organises 'New-School 2005' Asia's foremost photography seminar. 2020-08-25. India Today. en.
  11. Web site: Johnyml. 2013-07-06. The Art Daily: Photographer David Zimmerman, Take on residencies symposium, and more... 2020-08-25. The Art Daily.
  12. Web site: David Zimmerman. 2020-08-11. Annenberg Space for Photography. en-US.
  13. Web site: Jenna. Garrett. 2013-12-18. The Inspiring Stories of Five Photographers Committed to Making a Difference. 2020-08-25. Feature Shoot. en-US.
  14. Web site: Many Ways to Support . The Tibet Fund.
  15. Book: Last refuge. August 22, 2012. Sous Les Etoiles Gallery. 810278180. Open WorldCat.
  16. Book: One voice: Portraits from the Tibetan diaspora. August 22, 2017. Kehrer. 980946863. Open WorldCat.
  17. News: Putting Aa Face on the Oil Spill. 2020-08-25. NPR.org. 2 August 2010. en. O'Neill. Claire.
  18. Web site: Centro de la Imagen Exposiciones 2009. 2020-08-21. centrodelaimagen.cultura.gob.mx.
  19. Web site: Barriers. David Zimmerman. Thessaloniki Photo Festival Contrast.
  20. Web site: The New York Photo Review David Zimmerman at Sous les Etoiles. 2020-08-13. www.nyphotoreview.com.
  21. Web site: Tulkus 1880 to 2018 Paola Pivi. 2020-08-12. Witte de With Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst. en.
  22. Web site: David Zimmerman: One Voice: Portraits of Tibetans Living in Exile. 2020-08-12. Annenberg Space for Photography. en-US.
  23. Web site: David Zimmerman: One Voice. 2020-08-12. Sous Les Etoiles Gallery. en.
  24. Web site: 2017-06-26. One Voice. 2020-08-12. Wall Street International. en.
  25. Web site: 2009-04-17. American photographer David Zimmerman wins top prize at Sony World. 2020-08-12. The Independent. en.
  26. Web site: Sony World Photography Awards 2009 Winners Announced. 2020-08-12. Mynewsdesk. en.
  27. Web site: Ruben. 2009-08-31. ARTmostfierce: Photolucida's 2009 Critical Mass 175 Finalists!. 2020-08-12. ARTmostfierce.
  28. Web site: 2009-12-15. David Zimmerman (Director's Selection Award, Juror's Selection Award). 2020-08-12. The Center for Fine Art Photography. en-US.
  29. Web site: IPA 2017 Winner / David Zimmerman. 2020-08-12. www.photoawards.com.
  30. Web site: IPA 2017 Winner / One Voice / David Zimmerman. 2020-08-12. www.photoawards.com.

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