Huger foote photographer biography

Born 1961 Memphis.
Foote has apprenticed with the esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz, established a commercial photography career, and developed an extensive group of.
Foote was born in 1961, in Memphis, Tennessee, and has held numerous solo exhibitions in London, New York, Paris, and other cities, including.

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Huger Foote

The combination of vibrant color, tight composition, and intense light and shadow transform mundane objects into large-scale observations in Huger Foote’s photographs. Foote is a notorious wanderer of back alleys, deserted roadways, abandoned lots, and desolate commercial plots. He is a keen observer of the commonplace and captures overlooked beauty with his lens. Whether the focus is on chicken wire entwined with an overgrowth of bright yellow wildflowers or the shape and texture of cherry red cushions, he demonstrates the value of giving everyday objects a second look.

Foote has apprenticed with the esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz, established a commercial photography career, and developed an extensive group of collectors, both public and private, around the world. Foote’s work has been exhibited in group and solo shows internationally, including National Museum of Photography and Film, Bradford, UK, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, and Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Image above: Portrait of Huger Foote.

The photographs in Huger Foote's book, Now Here Then, published by Dashwood Books,were taken all over the world, and later archived, stored, and then finally unpacked and furiously edited over a period of several years in a breathless, hopeful search for great images. Compiled in this book for the first time, and appearing as if from a series of dreams, they reveal the narrative of a life unfolding.

Images above: © Huger Foote, from Now Here Then | Courtesy of Huger Foote.

Foote was born in 1961, in Memphis, Tennessee, and has held numerous solo exhibitions in London, New York, Paris, and other cities, including his hometown of Memphis. His work hangs in many public and private collections. This is his second monograph since “My Friend from Memphis”, published by Booth Clibborn Editions in 2001. He resides in NYC and upstate NY.

Editor-in-Chief, Andrea Blanch had the opportunity to interview Foote about his most recent publication.

Image above: Huger Foote, from Now Here Then | Courtesy of Huger Foote.

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Born 1961 Memphis

Education

1984 B.A. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 “Now Here Then” , David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2015 “Now Here Then” , David Lusk Gallery, Nashville
2013 “SIXTEEN”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2011 “These 18”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2005 Hamilton’s Gallery, London England
2004 “Sight Unseen”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
2002 Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
Lake Austin Fine Arts, Austin
2001 The Patrick de Broch Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
The Dorothèe De Pauw Gallery, Brussels, Germany
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
2000 “My Friend from Memphis”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
1999 Hamiltons Gallery, London, England
1997 “New Photographs”, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis
1996 “28 Photographs”, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica
1995 “30 Photographs”, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 “Present Tense: The Art of Memphis from 2001-Now”, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
2011 ArtMiami, David Lu