David Armstrong (photographer): Difference between revisions

Armstrong was born in 1954, in [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], one of four sons of Robert and Irma Armstrong.<ref name="Paul Vitello 2014">Paul Vitello (October 31, 2014), [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/fashion/news/david-armstrong-photographer-of-subcultures-dies-at-60.html David Armstrong, Photographer of Subcultures, Dies at 60] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> He graduated from the Satya Community School, an alternative high school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he met [[Nan Goldin]] at the age of 14.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">httpJane Harris, "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-harris/homework-photographer-dav_b_1142479.html InterviewHome-Work: withPhotographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, April615 12Jefferson Avenue]", 201219 December 2011. Accessed 15 December 2017.</ref> On October 26, 2014, at the age of 60, he died in [[Los Angeles, California]] due to liver cancer.<ref name="Paul Vitello 2014"/>

During the late 1970s, Armstrong became associated with the "[[Boston School (photography)|Boston School]]" of photography, which included artists such as [[Nan Goldin]], [[Mark Morrisroe]] and [[Jack Pierson]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> Their aesthetic was based on intimate snapshot portraits in saturated color.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/>

In 1981, Armstrong created a series of black-and-white portraits which he showed at [[MoMA PS1|PS1]]'s "''New York/New Wave"'' exhibition. In 1996, [[Elisabeth Sussman]], curator of photographs at the [[Whitney Museum]], enlisted Armstrong's help in composing [[Nan Goldin]]’s's first retrospective. She gained such respect for Armstrong’s eye, she acquired a few of his pieces for the Whitney permanent collection and he was subsequently featured in the Whitney 1994 biennial.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/fashion/interview-with-david-armstrong-photographer.html?pagewanted=all|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|title=A Portraitist's Eye Gazes on Fashion|date=2012-04-12|access-date=2017-01-19|first1=William|last1=Van Meter}}</ref>

Although his primary subjects include portraits of young boys and men, Armstrong also released a book of land and cityscapes in 2002, entitled “All''All Day, Every Day.” ''<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/>

'''20071997'''

'''20061998'''

* ''Likeness: Portraits of Artists by OtherNew ArtistsPhotographs'', CCAMatthew WattisMarks Institute for Contemporary ArtsGallery, SanNew FranciscoYork City<ref>http://archivewww.wattismatthewmarks.orgcom/new-york/exhibitions/likeness1999-portraits09-artists24_david-other-artistsarmstrong/</ref>

* New Editions, Marlborough Graphics, New York City

'''19992001'''

* ''NewCityscapes Photographsand Landscapes'', MatthewGalerie MarksM+R GalleryFricke, New YorkDüsseldorf<ref>http://www.matthewmarksgaleriefricke.comde/new-york/exhibitions/1999-09-24_david-armstrongnews/duesseldorf.htm</ref>

'''19972002'''

* ''TheCity Silver CordLight'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City<ref>http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/19972002-0401-03_david12_david-armstrong/</ref>

===Publications by David Armstrong===

*''Polariods.'', David Armstrong, 2013. {{ISBN|1907071415}}.

*''David Armstrong: All Day Every Day.'', David Armstrong, 2002. {{ISBN|390824756X}}.

*''The Silver Cord.'', David Armstrong, 1997. {{ISBN|3931141489}}.

===Collaborative Publications with others===

*''DavidNight Armstrong:and 615 Jefferson AvenueDay.'', DavidBy Armstrong, NickRene Vogelson, Anton AparinRichard and BoydJack Holbrook,Pierson. 20112012 {{ISBN|88620817821907071288}}.

*''ADavid DoubleArmstrong: Life615 Jefferson Avenue.'', DavidBy Armstrong, Nick Vogelson, Anton Aparin and NanBoyd Goldin,Holbrook. 19942011. {{ISBN|18816162158862081782}}.

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