About: Pirkle Jones

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Pirkle Jones (January 2, 1914 – March 15, 2009) was a documentary photographer born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first experience with photography was when he bought a Kodak Brownie at the age of seventeen. In the 1930s, his photographs were featured in pictorialist salons and publications. He served four years in the army during World War II in the 37th division and went to the Fiji Islands, New Georgia, Guadalcanal, and the Philippines. Jones was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he taught until 1994.

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  • Pirkle Jones, né le 2 janvier 1914 à Shreveport en Louisiane, et mort le 15 mars 2009 à San Rafael en Californie, est un photographe américain de documentaires. (fr)
  • Pirkle Jones (January 2, 1914 – March 15, 2009) was a documentary photographer born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first experience with photography was when he bought a Kodak Brownie at the age of seventeen. In the 1930s, his photographs were featured in pictorialist salons and publications. He served four years in the army during World War II in the 37th division and went to the Fiji Islands, New Georgia, Guadalcanal, and the Philippines. After the war, Jones entered the first class in photography offered by the California School of Fine Arts. There he met the artists and instructors that helped him develop his talents: Ansel Adams, Minor White, Edward Weston, and Dorothea Lange. Jones worked as Ansel Adams' assistant for 6 years, and the two photographers forged a lifelong friendship. Dorothea Lange came to him in 1956 with an idea to collaborate on a photographic essay entitled "Death of a Valley". The essay chronicled the death of the town of Monticello, California in the Berryessa Valley, which disappeared when the Monticello Dam was completed. The photographs were taken in the last year of its existence. Jones later described the project with Lange as "one of the most meaningful photographic experiences of [his] life". Jones also took part in numerous collaborations with his wife, Ruth-Marion Baruch, over the course of their 49-year marriage. In 1968, Ruth-Marion introduced herself to Kathleen Cleaver, wife of famous Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver, and spoke of her interest in the Black Panthers and their portrayal by the media. It was her desire to present a balanced view that inspired Jones and Ruth-Marion to photograph the Panthers from July to October 1968 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jones was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he taught until 1994. (en)
  • Pirkle Jones (Shreveport, 2 januari 1914 - San Rafael (Californië), 15 maart 2009) was een Amerikaans fotograaf. Zijn eerste toestel was een Kodak Brownie, die hij kocht toen hij 17 was. In de jaren 1930 stelde hij werk tentoon op fotosalons en werden zijn foto's gepubliceerd in tijdschriften. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog volgde hij lessen fotografie aan de kunstacademie van Californië. Hij leerde daar artiesten en docenten kennen die een grote invloed op zijn werk zouden hebben: Ansel Adams, , Edward Weston en Dorothea Lange. Jones werkte 6 jaar als assistent van Ansel Adams. In 1956 maakte hij samen met Dorothea Lange een fotografisch essay "Death of a Valley", een kroniek van het uitsterven van de vallei van de Berryessa door de aanleg van de . Samen met zijn echtgenote Ruth-Marion Baruch maakte hij onder meer in 1968 een fotoreportage van de Black Panthers. (nl)
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  • Pirkle Jones, né le 2 janvier 1914 à Shreveport en Louisiane, et mort le 15 mars 2009 à San Rafael en Californie, est un photographe américain de documentaires. (fr)
  • Pirkle Jones (January 2, 1914 – March 15, 2009) was a documentary photographer born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first experience with photography was when he bought a Kodak Brownie at the age of seventeen. In the 1930s, his photographs were featured in pictorialist salons and publications. He served four years in the army during World War II in the 37th division and went to the Fiji Islands, New Georgia, Guadalcanal, and the Philippines. Jones was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he taught until 1994. (en)
  • Pirkle Jones (Shreveport, 2 januari 1914 - San Rafael (Californië), 15 maart 2009) was een Amerikaans fotograaf. Zijn eerste toestel was een Kodak Brownie, die hij kocht toen hij 17 was. In de jaren 1930 stelde hij werk tentoon op fotosalons en werden zijn foto's gepubliceerd in tijdschriften. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog volgde hij lessen fotografie aan de kunstacademie van Californië. Hij leerde daar artiesten en docenten kennen die een grote invloed op zijn werk zouden hebben: Ansel Adams, , Edward Weston en Dorothea Lange. Jones werkte 6 jaar als assistent van Ansel Adams. In 1956 maakte hij samen met Dorothea Lange een fotografisch essay "Death of a Valley", een kroniek van het uitsterven van de vallei van de Berryessa door de aanleg van de . Samen met zijn echtgenote Ruth-Marion Baruch (nl)
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  • Pirkle Jones (fr)
  • Pirkle Jones (en)
  • Pirkle Jones (nl)
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