Hal Gould
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| Birth name | Hal Gould |
| Born | February 29, 1920 Clark, Wyoming |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Photography, Art gallery curator |
Hal Gould (born February 29, 1920) is an American photographer and gallery curator.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Gould was born in in Clark, Wyoming. He grew up on a farm in New Mexico and left home at the age of 15. After holding a number of different jobs, he entered dentistry school, but was drafted into the army in 1940. After he was called to duty, he joined E Company, 27th Infantry, where he served together with James Jones. Eventually he entered officer school and became a head personnel officer. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he island-hopped with General Douglas MacArthur and remained in Japan during the occupation.
[edit] Photography
While Gould held many jobs during his life, including railroad-tie repairer, boxer, aviator, and painter, it was his pursuit of photography that would change his life. For nearly a quarter of a century he practised as a portrait photographer, eventually shifting into fine art photography.
[edit] Gallery curator
Gould repeatedly asked for the Denver Art Museum to display fine art photography, but director Otto Bach refused to consider the medium. To make artistic photography available to the public, Gould and others created a venue for displaying works directly behind the Denver Art Museum—eventually this would become the gallery Camera Obscura. This is now one of the oldest galleries dedicated exclusively to fine art photography. Gould's gallery gave Sebastião Salgado his first show in America, and has been publishing the Photography in the Fine Arts Quarterly since 1983.
[edit] Works
Gould's own photographic contributions to Camera Obscura include Western scenery and flora along with pictures from his various travels, these include:
- Penguin Hallelujah Chorus
- Cowboy and Lady (collaboration with Mollie Uhl Eaton)
- Bristle Cone Pine—'Ming Dog Tree'
[edit] Personal life
- He received an autographed pair of boxing gloves from Olympic Games Gold Medalist Teofil Stevenson in Cuba after joking with him at the 1980 Olympics.
- Gould once had a date with actress Judy Garland, which went rather poorly for both of them.
[edit] References
- ^ Hal Gold Still Prefers Darkroom to Digital. Scott Baradell at Black Star Rising, 25 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
