Research Catalog

Title

Frank Stewart's nexus : an American photographer's journey, 1960s to the present / Ruth Fine and Fred Moten ; with contributions by Wynton Marsalis, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Frank Stewart, Cheryl Finley.

Author

Stewart, Frank

Publication

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fine, Ruth, 1941-
• Moten, Fred
• Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
• Kosinski, Dorothy M.
• Simons, Benjamin T.
• Campbell, Mary Schmidt
• Finley, Cheryl
• Phillips Collection, host institution, issuing body
• Baker Museum (Naples, Fla.), host institution
• Telfair Museums (Savannah, Ga.), host institution, issuing body

Description

207 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 29 cm

Summary

"Frank Stewart's Nexus: An American Photographer's Journey, 1960s to the Present is a dynamic retrospective of Stewart's photography that centers on his sensitive and spontaneous approach to portraying world cultures and Black life in many forms -- including music, art, travel, food, and dance. His work over the years captured intimate and empathetic images of lives experienced and observed across subjects, cities, and countries. Tracing both Stewart's explorations of life on the road and the trajectory of his stylistic journey, the exhibition brings together a comprehensive visual autobiography through over 100 black-and-white and color photographs as well as a selection of cameras from Stewart's personal archives. Frank Stewart's Nexus explores Stewart's avid experimentation and numerous subjects over the course of half a century, including aspects and rituals of Black culture, trips to Africa and Cuba, and music. As the senior staff photographer for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for 30 years, Stewart captured both public performances and candid, personal moments, including well-known photographs of jazz legends Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, and Wynton Marsalis. Frank Stewart's Nexus also provides a window into less-explored aspects of Stewart's practice, including his more abstract and painterly Drawings series, inspired by his travels. Color has dominated Stewart's photography for the past two decades, and he has also increased the sizes for many images. In more recent images, he captures the ever-changing landscape and environmental catastrophes. At the center of his varied practice is a familiarity Stewart creates with the people and places that inhabit his works." --

Subject

• Stewart, Frank > Exhibitions
• Stewart, Frank > Interviews
• Stewart, Frank
• 1900-2099
• African American photographers > Exhibitions
• African American artists > Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions
• Photography of children > Exhibitions
• Photography of men > Exhibitions
• Photography of women > Exhibitions
• Street photography > Exhibitions
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005, in art > Exhibitions
• Black-and-white photography > Exhibitions
• Color photography > Exhibitions
• Jazz musicians > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Musicians > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Culture > Black people > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• International travel > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Landscape photography > Exhibitions
• Portrait photography > Exhibitions
• Artists > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Painters > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Environmental disasters > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Black people > Portraits > Exhibitions
• African Americans > Portraits > Exhibitions
• African Americans > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Black people > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions
• African Americans > Music
• Photography, Artistic
• African American artists
• Photography of children
• Photography of men
• Photography of women
• Street photography
• Hurricane Katrina (2005) in art
• Black-and-white photography
• Color photography
• Jazz musicians
• Musicians
• Culture
• Black people
• International travel
• Landscape photography
• Portrait photography
• Artists
• Painters
• Environmental disasters
• African Americans > Portraits
• African Americans
• African American photographers
• United States

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Interviews.
• Portraits.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibit held at The Phillips Collection: June 10-September 3, 2023, Arts--Naples, The Baker Museum: October 14, 2023-January 7, 2024 and Telfair Museums: February 9-May 12, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index.

Contents

Some few choruses for the excellent Frank Stewart / Wynton Marsalis -- Directors' Foreword / Dorothy Kosinski and Benjamin T. Simons -- Introduction / Mary Schmidt Campbell -- Haunted by the medium / Ruth Fine and Fred Moten -- Improvising on a riff: a conversation with Frank Stewart / Ruth Fine and Frank Stewart -- Feast for the senses / Fred Moten -- Frank Stewart's international lens / Cheryl Finley.

Call Number

Sc+ F 23-394

ISBN

• 9780847899357
• 0847899357

LCCN

2022949899

OCLC

1373397870

Author

Stewart, Frank, photographer, interviewee.

Title

Frank Stewart's nexus : an American photographer's journey, 1960s to the present / Ruth Fine and Fred Moten ; with contributions by Wynton Marsalis, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Frank Stewart, Cheryl Finley.

Publisher

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2023.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Fine, Ruth, 1941- author, interviewer.

Moten, Fred, author.

Container of (work): Stewart, Frank. Works. Selections.

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- writer of supplementary textual content.

Kosinski, Dorothy M., writer of foreword.

Simons, Benjamin T., writer of foreword.

Campbell, Mary Schmidt, writer of introduction.

Finley, Cheryl, writer of supplementary textual content.

Phillips Collection, host institution, issuing body.

Baker Museum (Naples, Fla.), host institution.

Telfair Museums (Savannah, Ga.), host institution, issuing body.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 23-394