Olivia Parker Explained
Website: | https://www.oliviaparker.com/ |
Olivia Parker |
Birth Place: | Boston |
Birth Date: | 1941 |
Known For: | Still-life photography |
Alma Mater: | Wellesley College |
Olivia Parker (born 1941) is a Manchester-by-the-Sea-based American still-life photographer.
Early life and education
Parker was born in Boston in 1941.[1] She graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's degree in art history in 1963.[2]
Career
Parker is interested in the parallels between art and science. Before focusing her practice on still-life photography she was trained as an art historian and also produced paintings in the tradition of 17th-century Dutch and Spanish still life works.
Parker's photographs of found objects have been described as "poetic and dreamy". A retrospective exhibition of Parker's work, titled Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker, was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2019.[3] [4] [5] An exhibition catalog accompanied the exhibition.[6]
Parker was inducted in the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2019, along with Ralph Gibson, Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark and others.[7]
Collections
Parker's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[8] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[9] [10] [11] Museum of Modern Art, New York,[12] and the Peabody Essex Museum.[13]
Family life
Parker and her investor husband John moved into a house in Manchester-by-the-Sea in 1967. He died in 2016 after living with Alzheimer’s for years. Her series Vanishing in Plain Sight was about his illness.
Notes and References
- Web site: Sawa . Dale Berning . 7 June 2017 . Olivia Parker's best photograph: an early warning of Alzheimer's . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328094643/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/07/olivia-parker-best-photograph-early-warning-alzheimers . 28 March 2023 . 21 March 2022 . . en.
- Web site: Resume . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603182939/https://www.oliviaparker.com/resume . 3 June 2023 . 21 March 2022 . oliviaparker.com . en.
- Cardin . Dinah . 4 November 2019 . Sea Glass and Snails: A Found Object Photographer in Manchester . live . Northshore Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418114849/https://www.nshoremag.com/arts-culture/sea-glass-and-snails-a-found-object-photographer-in-manchester/ . 18 April 2023 . 27 December 2021.
- Block . Annie . 12 August 2019 . Olivia Parker’s Photography Retrospective Showcases her Mastery of Light . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203040221/https://interiordesign.net/designwire/olivia-parker-s-photography-retrospective-showcases-her-mastery-of-light/ . 3 February 2023 . 27 December 2021.
- Web site: Fredrickson . Kathy . 31 July 2019 . Libby Parker studio visit . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816011617/https://www.pem.org/blog/libby-parker-studio-visit . 16 August 2022 . 2 November 2023 . . en-US.
- Spring . Elin . September–October 2019 . Vanishing Point: Olivia Parker’s photographs potently capture the edge of mortality . live . ArchitectureBoston Magazine . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051835/https://www.architects.org/stories/vanishing-point . 1 June 2023 . 27 December 2021.
- News: 11 November 2019 . International Photography Hall of Fame 2019 Induction and Awards Ceremony . Ladue News . live . 27 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418114849/https://www.laduenews.com/society/international-photography-hall-of-fame-2019-induction-and-awards-ceremony/collection_f1a2abcb-972b-5bea-92ca-d72d3e8b4d6d.html#1 . 18 April 2023.
- Web site: Olivia Parker: Broken Nautiluses . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422210046/https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/65358/broken-nautiluses . 22 April 2023 . 2 November 2023 . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- Web site: Pods of Chance from the Ephemera portfolio - Olivia Parker . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231102220240/https://collections.mfa.org/objects/174900 . 2 November 2023 . 2 November 2023 . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- Web site: Olivia Parker, Artichoke, 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328025450/https://www.mfa.org/media/image/24101 . 28 March 2023 . 2 November 2023 . . en.
- Web site: About . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603173449/https://www.oliviaparker.com/about . 3 June 2023 . 26 September 2021 . oliviaparker.com . en.
- Web site: Olivia Parker . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325011328/https://www.moma.org/artists/4502 . 25 March 2023 . 2 November 2023 . . en.
- Web site: Photography Collection: Cinquefoil . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529011548/https://www.pem.org/explore-art/photography/cinquefoil . 29 May 2023 . 2 November 2023 . Peabody Essex Museum.