Lucas Foglia Explained

Lucas Foglia (born 1983) is an American photographer, living in San Francisco.^{[1] [2]} "His work is concerned mainly with documenting people and their relationship to nature", for which he has travelled extensively making landscape photography and portraiture.^[3]

Foglia's Human Nature has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago^[4] and at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.^[5] His work is held in the collections of Denver Art Museum,^[6] MoCP,^[7] Philadelphia Museum of Art^[8] and Portland Art Museum.^[9]

Early life and education

Foglia was born on Long Island, New York.^[1] His parents were part of the back-to-the-land movement and he grew up on their farm, 30 miles from Manhattan.^[10] He received his BA from Brown University in 2005 ^[11] and received his MFA from Yale School of Art, at Yale University, Connecticut in 2010.^{[1] [2]}

Work

Foglia's first two books A Natural Order (2012) and Frontcountry (2014) merge landscape photography and portraiture. According to Sean O'Hagan in The Guardian, the portraits in those books and in Human Nature (2017), "occupy that tricky, slightly heightened hinterland between documentary and staging."^[12]

A Natural Order "looked at people who lived off the grid in the American backwoods – drifters, Christian communities, back-to-the-land hippies, survivalists".^[13] It was made over five years and several long trips south in a camper van.^[10]

Frontcountry is a book of two halves, depicting the contrast between the contradictory lifestyles of ranching and mining in the contemporary American West. It was made between 2006 and 2013 in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming.^[13]

Human Nature is "a series of vignettes about the relationship science, government, and individuals have with wilderness and nature."^[14]

Summer After (2021) contains black and white portraits of people that Foglia met on the street in New York City in 2002 in the wake of the September 11 attacks, after he moved to Manhattan.^{[3] [15]}

Publications

Books by Foglia

• A Natural Order. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2012. .^[16]
• Frontcountry. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2014. .^{[13] [17]}
• Human Nature. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli, 2017. .^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Summer After. UK: Stanley/Barker, 2021. .^[21]

Books with contributions by Foglia

• Core Samples from the World. New York: New Directions, 2011. By Forrest Gander. . Poetry and essays by Gander, photographs by Foglia, Raymond Meeks, Graciela Iturbide.

Solo exhibitions

• 2012. David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. “A Natural Order” ^[22]
• 2012. Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France. “A Natural Order” ^[23]
• 2012. Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom. “A Natural Order” ^[24]
• 2013. Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland. “A Natural Order” ^[25]
• 2013. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado. “A Natural Order” ^[26]
• 2013. Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon. “A Natural Order” ^[27]
• 2013. Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise, Nantes, France. “A Natural Order” ^[28]
• 2013. Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece. “A Natural Order” ^[29]
• 2014. Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, New York. “Frontcountry” ^[30]
• 2014. Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, United Kingdom. “Frontcountry” ^[31]
• 2014. Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. “Frontcountry” ^[32]
• 2014. MiCamera, Milan, Italy. “Frontcountry” ^[33]
• 2016. Jeonju International Photography Festival, Jeonju, South Korea. “A Natural Order” ^[34]
• 2017. Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, United Kingdom. “Human Nature” ^[35]
• 2017. Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, New York. “Human Nature” ^[36]
• 2018. Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Human Nature” ^[36]
• 2018. Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California. “Human Nature” ^[37]
• 2018. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois. “Human Nature” ^[38]
• 2021. Public Installation, Milan, Italy. “Human Nature” ^[39]
• 2021. Photoclimat Biennale, Place du Palais Royal, Paris, France. “Human Nature” ^[40]

Awards

• 2006. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Aaron Siskind Fellowship in Photography^[41]
• 2007. Light Work, Artist in Residence ^[42]
• 2008. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Photography Now ^[43]
• 2008. Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward ^[44]
• 2009. Photo District News, PDN 30 ^[45]
• 2012. Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, Shortlist ^[46]
• 2014. Foam Talent ^[47]
• 2014. Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, Aaron Siskind Foundation ^[48]
• 2017. Syngenta Photography Award, Shortlist ^[49]
• 2018. Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence ^[50]
• 2019. Prix Pictet, Shortlist ^[51]

Collections

Foglia's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany: 12 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[52]
• Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA: 10 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[53]
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[54]
• David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, Providence, RI: 88 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[55]
• Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO: 13 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[56]
• Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA: 3 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[57]
• International Center for Photography New York, NY: 42 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[58]
• Light Work, Syracuse, NY: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[59]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA: 14 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[60]
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI: 10 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[61]
• Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois: 53 prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[61]
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[62]
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 8 prints (as of December 14, 2021)^[63]
• Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon: 10 prints (as of December 14, 2021)^[64]
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI: 45 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[65]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: 5 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[66]
• Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE: 6 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[67]
• Comer Collection of Photography at University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX: 6 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) ^[68]
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London, EN: 1 Print (as of December 14, 2021) ^[69]
• Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY: 1 Print (as of December 14, 2021) ^[70]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jenny. Stevens. 2021-09-10. Lucas Foglia's best photograph: cowboys Casey and Rowdy in the Nevada desert. 17 September 2015. The Guardian.
2. Web site: 2021-09-10. Biography. lucasfoglia.com.
3. Web site: 2021-09-10. Photographing New York's first summer after 9/11. i-d.vice.com.
4. Web site: 2021-09-10. Lucas Foglia: Human Nature. www.mocp.org.
5. Web site: 2021-09-10. Lucas Foglia - Human Nature. Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.
6. Web site: 2021-09-10. Search the Collections. www.denverartmuseum.org.
7. Web site: 2021-09-10. Museum of Contemporary Photography. www.mocp.org.
8. Web site: 2021-09-10. Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections. philamuseum.org.
9. Web site: 2021-09-10. Lucas Foglia. www.portlandartmuseum.us.
10. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2021-09-10. Lucas Foglia: the photographer in search of off-the-grid Americans. 13 July 2012. The Guardian.
11. Web site: Lucas Foglia | About.
12. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2021-09-10. Human Nature by Lucas Foglia review – into the wild. 10 October 2017. The Guardian.
13. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. Sean O'Hagan (journalist). 2021-09-10. Call of the wild: photographer Lucas Foglia beds down in the American west. 1 April 2014. The Guardian.
14. Web site: Mark. Murrmann. 2021-09-10. Americans spend 90 percent of their lives indoors. These photos will make you want to get outside.. Mother Jones.
15. 2021-09-16. Portraits of New Yorkers from the Summer After 9/11. 11 September 2021. The New Yorker.
16. 2021-09-10. A Natural Order by Lucas Foglia. Time.
17. Web site: 2021-09-10. 'Frontcountry': photographer Lucas Foglia captures the American heartlands. 28 March 2014. Wallpaper.
18. 2021-09-10. A Photographer's Journey Through Our Ever-Weirder Relationship to Nature. 14 November 2017. The New Yorker.
19. Web site: 2021-09-10. Menselijke natuur. De Standaard.
20. Web site: Andy. Coghlan. 2021-09-10. Stunning shots capture how we interact with our natural world. New Scientist.
21. Web site: 2021-09-10. Summer After captures the fragility of a post-9/11 New York. 2 September 2021. Creative Review.
22. Web site: Lucas Foglia: A Natural Order. www.brown.edu. 10 June 2023.
23. Web site: Les Rencontres d'Arles 2012 – review. TheGuardian.com. 7 July 2012.
24. Web site: Lucas Foglia: A Natural Order - Exhibition at Michael Hoppen Gallery in London.
25. Web site: A Natural Order. 8 February 2013.
26. Web site: Month of Photography.
27. Web site: Lucas Foglia. 2 May 2013. Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. 10 June 2023.
28. Web site: Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise: Lucas Foglia présente "A natural order" à Nantes dans le cadre de la 17 ème édition de la QPN Biotope à l'Atelier. 10 October 2013.
29. Web site: Athens Photo Festival 2013.
30. Web site: Lucas Foglia - Exhibitions - Fredericks & Freiser.
31. News: Lucas Foglia: Frontcountry at Michael Hoppen Gallery. Galleriesnow.net .
32. Web site: Lucas Foglia : Frontcountry | Robischon Gallery Web site. www.robischongallery.com. 10 June 2023.
33. Web site: Lucas Foglia . 3 December 2014 .
34. Web site: 2016전주포토페스티벌. Exhibition introduction. 10 June 2023.
35. Web site: Human Nature by Lucas Foglia at Michael Hoppen Gallery - Artland. www.artland.com. 10 June 2023.
36. Web site: Lucas Foglia - Exhibitions - Fredericks & Freiser. www.fredericksfreisergallery.com. 10 June 2023.
37. Web site: Spring exhibitions and programs - e-flux Education. www.e-flux.com. 10 June 2023.
38. Web site: Lucas Foglia: Human Nature | Museum of Contemporary Photography. 10 June 2023.
39. Web site: 5 Exhibitions to see in July. 22 July 2021.
40. Web site: LES EXPOSITIONS – Photoclimat.
41. Web site: LUCAS FOGLIA / Aaron Siskind Foundation Recipient - | Robischon Gallery Web site.
42. Web site: Lucas Foglia | Light Work. January 2007.
43. Web site: You are being redirected.... www.cpw.org. 10 June 2023.
44. Web site: Flash Forward 2008.
45. Web site: Emerging Young Photographers to Present Work and Offer Career Insight Oct. 1.
46. Web site: 2012 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Announced!. 28 September 2012.
47. Web site: Foam Talent 2014. east-wing.org. 10 June 2023.
48. Web site: Aaron Siskind Foundation Announces 2014 Grant Recipients. 20 August 2014.
49. Web site: The Syngenta Photography Awards 2017.
50. Web site: Lucas Foglia.
51. Web site: Prix Pictet 2019 shortlist – photo essay. TheGuardian.com. 5 July 2019.
52. Web site: Lucas Foglia. www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org. 10 June 2023.
53. Web site: Cantor Arts Center - Lucas Foglia .
54. Web site: Search the Collection.
55. Web site: Search the Collection Photography | David Winton Bell Gallery.
56. Web site: Search the Collections | Denver Art Museum.
57. Web site: Harvard Art Museums.
58. Web site: Lucas Foglia. 20 April 2020.
59. Web site: Light Work Collection / Search / Lucas foglia.
60. Web site: Lucas Foglia | LACMA Collections. collections.lacma.org. 10 June 2023.
61. Web site: Collection | Milwaukee Art Museum.
62. Web site: Works | Lucas Foglia | People | the MFAH Collections .
63. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Search.
64. Web site: Lucas Foglia.
65. Web site: Collection | RISD Museum. risdmuseum.org. 10 June 2023.
66. Web site: Foglia, Lucas.
67. Web site: Stale Session. emp-web-95.zetcom.ch. 10 June 2023.
68. Web site: Comer Collection at UT Dallas. Jerry and Marilyn Comer Collection of Photography. 10 June 2023.
69. Web site: Search Results | V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert. Museum. Victoria and Albert Museum. 10 June 2023.
70. Web site: You are being redirected.... www.cpw.org. 10 June 2023.