Joan Almond Explained

Joan (Harwood Elkins) Almond
Occupation:Photographer
Birth Name:Joan Harwood
Birth Date:3 June 1935
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Nationality:American
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    Notable Works:Specializes in black-and-white photography and printing all her own prints by platinum process.

    Joan Almond (June 3, 1935 – August 28, 2021)[1] was an American photographer, exhibiting since 1987.

    Career

    Almond was a photographer for John Cassavetes' 3 Plays of Love & Hate and was also involved in many of Cassavetes' projects that her brother, Bo Harwood,[2] was involved in.[3] Almond was an archival photographer for Charles Kiselyak's book and film A Constant Forge (2000) about the 3 Plays of Love & Hate[4] and Cassavetes' life.

    The first exhibition of Almond's black-and-white photos was a collection of 55 photos, Jerusalem: The Gathering of Nations (1987), presented at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal. The photos in this show were selected from the over 10,000 photos (b/w and color) Almond had taken while on a photo assignment for the architect, Moshe Safdie for his book The Harvard Jerusalem Studio. Saidye had hired a team as part of a large urban design project in Jerusalem and approximately 150 of Almond's photos were selected to illustrate this book.[5]

    In 1998, the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada purchased eight of Almond's platinum and palladium photographic prints: Shadows and Shoes, Tinehir, Morocco (1985); A Room of her Own, Darman, India (1996); Tiger Beware, Udaipur, India (1996); Cool Passage, Farafra, Egypt (1987); Kitchen, Farafra, Egypt (1987); Algerian Villager, Bousaanda, Algeria (1985); Main Street, Mersa Matruk, Egypt (1991) Water Carriers and Donkey, Saqqara, Egypt (1987) for the national collection:.[6] This collection of Almond's prints were presented in Platinum (1999) at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography along with seven other artists: Ginette Bouchard, Patrick Close, Tony Hauser, Stephen Livick, Bruce Monk, Gerald Pisarzowski, Elizabeth Siegfried.[7] Platinum became one of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography's Travelling Exhibitions presented at The Station Gallery in Ontario in 2002.[8]

    Almond's black and white photos, collectively titled Le Passé Dans le Present (1999), were presented at the Galerie Mistral in Montreal, Canada. This show was the culmination of over two decades of photos taken by Almond, capturing her explorations of various locations.[9] Henry Lehmann states in The Gazette article, "While some of Almond's pictures are intentionally devoid of depth, transforming life into geometric abstraction, others delve into deep space, but ultimately arrive at the same patterned effect."

    A selection of Almond's photographs from 1976 to 1996, including images taken during her travels to Morocco, Algeria, Jerusalem, Egypt and India, were included in her book Joan Almond: The Past in the Present (2002). Susan Scafati stated in an article in Women In Photography that: "Her images together read more like a diary, filled with visions of personal encounters and private lives. Through her patient pursuit of natural moments, an intimacy unveils, blurring the borders between outsider and native."[10]

    Collections

    Books and catalogs

    Select exhibitions

    Personal life

    Almond was married to her first husband George Elkins, Jr. from 1954[19] until his death in 1969.[20] She took up photography in the 1970s as a hobby.[21] In 1976, Almond married her second husband Paul Almond, the Canadian filmmaker and became a stills photographer for his films: Ups & Downs (1983),[22] Captive Hearts (1987) and The Dance Goes On (1992). She was married to him until his death in 2015.[23]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2022-01-06. Joan Harwood Elkins Almond Obituary (1935 - 2021) Los Angeles Times. Legacy.com.
    2. Web site: 3 Plays of Love & Hate - Group Photos - Knives: Crew Bo with photographer sister Joan Almond. www.boharwood.com. Bo Harwood. 14 April 2019. Bo-2.
    3. Web site: Music In The Raw: Bo Harwood and John Cassavetes. Rinaldi. Peter. 8 July 2013. www.mubi.com. MUBI. 14 April 2019. Bo-1.
    4. Web site: 3 Plays of Love & Hate Cast. 16 April 2019. www.boharwood.com.
    5. News: Photo exhibitions show off revamped Bronfman gallery. Sabbath. Lawrence. 31 Jan 1987. Postmedia Network Inc. The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. Sabbath-1. .
    6. Web site: Joan Almond . National Gallery of Canada . Canadian Photography Institute . 8 April 2019 . Nat'lGallery-2 . Ottawa, Canada . 1998.
    7. Exhibitions Presented in Ottawa . National Gallery of Canada . Annual Report . 1999–2000 . 51 . 8 April 2019 . AR 99-00.
    8. Travelling Exhibitions "Platinum" . National Gallery of Canada . 2002 . Annual Report . 2001–2002 . 89 . 8 April 2019 . AR 01-02 . Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography . Ottawa, Canada . en . 1183-7608.
    9. News: Lehmann . Henry . The world turned into a picture Joan Almond's work is richly scenic . 18 Sep 1999 . The Gazette . Lehmann-1 . Montreal, Canada.
    10. Web site: WIPI News Article #3 - Joan Almond: The Past in the Present. Scafati. Susan. 16 April 2019. www.womeninphotography.org. Scafati-1.
    11. Web site: Joan Almond 1998 Photograph Collection . National Gallery of Canada . National Gallery of Canada . 30 March 2019 . Nat'lGallery.
    12. Web site: Artist/Maker name "Almond, Joan" . Government of Canada . Canada . 30 March 2019 .
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    13. Book: Almond . J . Joan Almond: The Past in the Present . 1997 . Contemporary Photography, Bergamot Station Arts Center . 1–26 . Almond-1.
    14. Web site: Joan Almond: The Past in the Present . Artbook LLC . Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. . 6 April 2019 . New York, USA . 1–128 . 2 December 2001.
    15. News: Best Bet . 31 March 2019 . The Los Angeles Times . 12 January 1997 . LA Times-1 . Los Angeles, USA . 187.
    16. Web site: Exhibitions at June Bateman Gallery . photography-now.com . June Bateman Gallery . 7 April 2019 . New York, USA.
    17. Web site: Exhibitions at International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum . photography-now.com . 8 April 2019 . IPHF-2 . St. Louis, USA . 2005.
    18. Gallery Listings & Exhibition Schedule . ArtFocus Oklahoma . 3 May 2005 . 20 . 3 . 18 . 9 April 2019 . ArtFocus . Art Focus Oklahoma . Oklahoma City, USA . en . PDF.
    19. News: McKnight . Margaret . Showers in April---Bridal Variety---to Fete Foursome . 17 May 2019 . Los Angeles Times . 24 Mar 1954 . 55.
    20. News: Executive of Realty Firm . 17 May 2019 . The Los Angeles Times . 10 Oct 1969 . Obit-1 . 44.
    21. News: Duncan . Ann . Photos look behind the walls at Armenians of Jerusalem . 31 March 2019 . The Gazette . 21 April 1988 . Duncan-1 . E2 . Montreal, Canada . en.
    22. Dorland. Michael. 19 April 2019. The ups and downs of Paul Almond. Cinema Canada. Athabasca University. 9. Cinemacanada-1.
    23. Web site: Paul Almond. Wise. Wyndham. 6 November 2011. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Toronto, Canada. 4 April 2019. Wise-1.

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