I am engaged in a variety of ongoing long term projects in New Orleans documenting the Post-Katrina recovery states of various folk traditions and subcultures.
I have been involved with the production of photographs and a wide range of pseudonymous work in other art forms and mediums for over four decades. I have been making photographs since 1969. I studied photography with Henry Holmes Smith at Indiana University. The photographic work covers a wide range of subjects and styles and includes documentary studies, interpretive portraiture, personal art and autobiographical images. My works can be found in numerous private collections.
I am both self represented and represented by Leslie Barany Communications in New York and in Europe and by the Domeischel Gallery in New York.
I grew up near Chicago and have lived in Bloomington, Indiana; Los Angeles, Louisville, Kentucky and soon, New Orleans with extended residencies in New York City, Woodstock, New York and the Philippines. Currently I split most of my time between Louisville and New Orleans with additional travel as needed.
You can read an INTERVIEW with me at the Louisville Photography Collective.
WEBSITE:
The Photography of Charles Silver
PLEASE NOTE: The website is currently in process of moving to a new hosting provider and is being updated. ETA = July 30, 2008.
MAIN PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG:
Charles Silver - Photography serves as a backup of my website and may include more current or additional examples of my photographs.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2008: SIGNS OF LIFE at the University of Louisville's Hite Art Insitute's Cressman Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Louisville, KY.
2008: JazzFest, New Orleans
2008: Mardi Gras 360 Online and Mardi Gras 360 at the Jazz and Heritage Foundation Gallery, New Orleans
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
SIGNS OF LIFE at the University of Louisville's Hite Art Insitute's Cressman Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1993/1994: 25 Year Retrospective, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
1992: Van Go's Ear, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California.
1986: Indiana Architectural Foundation Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007: Expressive Bodies: Contemporary Art Photography from the Kinsey Institute , Bloomington, Indiana and at the Herron School of Art and Design. A Roster of the artists is available here.
2002: Group exhibition, Art At Large Gallery, New York City.
2001: Group exhibition at The Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland: Liste Künstler/Werke für «Die Schaukel (The Swing) - eine Ausstellung zur Erotik» Gelb Haus (18.6.01).
1996: Deep Inside: Museum Show; Lausanne, Switzerland
1992: The Nude, Classic Beauty: The Silver Image Gallery; Seattle, Washington
OTHER EXHIBITIONS:
1991: For Your Pleasure: Louisville,
1989: The Erotica Show: Cafe Dog; Louisville, KY
1986: New Works: Bloomington, IN
1984: Friends and Others: Bloomington, IN
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
1999: The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. A portfolio of 54 photographs added to the permanent collections.
1996: The Museum of Contemporary Erotica in Lausanne, Switzerland. A portfolio of 10 photographs purchased for their permanent collections from inaugural group show: DEEP INSIDE.
1991: The Photographic Archives of the Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. A 25-year Retrospective Portfolio featuring over 140 prints.
1986: The Indiana University Fine Arts Museum
Other Works can be found in in over 200 private collections in the U.S. and Europe, including: Thomas T. Solley, Wendell Cherry, Leslie Barany, Jacques and Anne Baruch and many others.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES AND CONTACTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
