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Arnold Doren (1935–2003) was an American photographer.[1]
Youth
Arnold Doren, known as Doren, was born in Chicago, July 29, 1935, to Hy and Rose Dorenfeld.[2] An encounter with a Graflex camera while working on a high school newspaper led to a dedicated life in photography.[2] After joining the Navy in 1952, he was stationed at San Diego, CA and worked as a submariner running missions to Acapulco. News with Views was the name of the Navy newsletter which published his photographs.[2]
Education
A turning point occurred when he enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957 where his philosophy and purpose in life were clarified by Minor White, one of the legendary professors.[3] It was the deeply spiritual nature of Minor White along with his knowledge of poetry and Eastern philosophy that affected Doren.[3] Minor put an emphasis on feeling as a way of knowing and realizing a multitude of meanings.[4] A quote by Peter Layton describes Minor's teaching. " He created an atmosphere for constantly questioning ideas or responses."[4] With discipline, practice and sincerity, the students of Minor White often achieved a visual, sensual and personal awareness. It was under Minor's influence that Doren began to photograph Americana Faces which was a documentation of the land and its people from 1960-2003.[5] He photographed throughout the USA and returned frequently to the southwest. While working on the Americana Faces, he produced series on Italy, Greece, Scotland and China.[6] Related to Doren's traditional photographs were the experimental works inspired by Minor White and by another influential teacher, Ralph Hattersley.[7]
NYC 1960-1978
During Doren's NYC years, he worked as a commercial photographer for Alan Vogel, Irving Penn and Irvin Blumenthal[8] while living in a one-room apartment and frequenting jazz clubs, poetry readings and art openings.[9] Doren wrote extensively about his years in NYC with and without his first wife, Elizabeth Knox, a painter.[9] He committed to several personal projects such as photographing the same NYC street for one hour per day for several years.[9] The NYC street project was partly inspired by his neighbor, Berenice Abbott.[10] Doren's series on the Woodstock Festival resulted in his well known photograph of Jimi Hendrix.[11]
1978-2003
After accepting a teaching position in 1978 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Doren helped to shape the growing respect for photography as art.[12] He educated thousands of students, participated in numerous exhibitions, operated a photography gallery and gained national and international recognition for his work.[13] Often he introduced himself on the first day of class with My name is Doren and photography is my life.[14] Doren's second wife, Caroline Cornish, 1924–2008,[15] was a noted photographer[16] who possessed organizational skills that provided stability for both of them while allowing Doren extra freedom to pursue a fine arts career.
Publications
- "The Photographer Collector's Guide" Lee Witkin and B. London, NY Graphic Society, 1982
- "An Index to American Collections" The George Eastman House of Photography, G. K. Hall and Co. Publishing, Boston, 1983
- "Who is Who in American Art" R. R. Bowker Publishers, NY, 1989–90, 1991-91, 1995–96
- "Aperture" 10-3, 1962
- "Photographing Children", Time Life Library of Photography, 1971
- Octave to Prayer "Aperture", 1974
- "Italy Observed in Photography and Literature", Rizzoli Publishing, NY, 1989
- "Exploring Color Photography" by Robert Hirsh, W. B. Brown Publishing, 1991
Selected collections
- George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
- Grey Gallery of Art New York University, NYC
- Phillip Morris Collection, Cabarrus County, NC
- Dillard Collection, "Weatherspoon Art Gallery", University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi
- Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Art, 1989-90, R. R. Bowker, New York, 1990
- ^ a b c DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn, "A Legacy on Film, Arnold Doren 1935-2003", News and Record, Greensboro, NC, September 26, 2003 page D1
- ^ a b Pettit, Robert F., "His Photos Images of Peace", News and Record, Greensboro, NC March 18, 1979, page G 7
- ^ a b "Minor White, A Living Remembrance", by the editors of Aperture, Silver Mountain Foundation, Millerton, NY, 1984, ISBN 0-89381-138-6, see page 71
- ^ Pettit, Robert F., "His Photos Images of Peace", News and Record, Greensboro, NC, March 18, 1979, page G7
- ^ Arnold Doren Archive, Special Collections, Walter Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
- ^ Hattersley, Ralph, "Discover Yourself Through Photography", Morgan and Morgan Inc., October 1979. ISBN- 10 087 1000 996
- ^ Biographical Files (Vertical files) on faculty, University Archives, Walter Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
- ^ a b c Arnold Doren Archive, Special Collections, Walter Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
- ^ Arnold Doren Archive - in the letters there is mention of correspondence with Berenice Abbott and record of a purchase made of a Eugene Atget print from Abbott
- ^ DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn, "A Legacy on Film Arnold Doren 1935-2003, News and Record, Greensboro, NC, September 26, 2003
- ^ Coraddi, UNCG's magazine for the arts, inaugural issue of 1978, Article on Arnold Doren, archived in University Archives, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
- ^ Biographical files on faculty, University Archives, Walter Jackson Library, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
- ^ DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn, "A Legacy on Film, Arnold Doren 1935-2003" news and Record, Greensboro, NC, September 26, 2003, page D 1
- ^ "Caroline Laws Cornish", News and Record, Greensboro, NC, April 17, 2008, page B 4
- ^ "Blue Pitcher" Southern issue, summer 1987, Editors Steven Lautermilch, Sarah Lindsay, Jeffrey Miles, Greensboro, NC, ISSN 0886-4187, "Caroline Cornish" feature artist, pages 32-40