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Mark Phineas Chamberlain〔Encyclopedia Dubuque. (“Article on Mark Chamberlain," ) Dubuque, Iowa, 11 October 2011.〕 is an American photographic/environmental/installation artist, gallery owner and curator. He was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa (See List of people from Dubuque, Iowa), received his BA in Political Science in 1965, and Masters in Operations Research in 1967, from the University of Iowa. Chamberlain was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967 and stationed in Korea during the American War in Vietnam. On discharge from the army, he changed his previous career course to become a photographic artist. He explains, "While stationed overseas, I picked up a camera to maintain my sanity and provide a creative outlet. I also took classes in the Korean language and history and found a photography mentor in the military crafts program. Returning home, I had a growing desire to find an outlet for this newfound passion." In 1969, Chamberlain moved to Southern California, aspiring to open a photographic art gallery. Mark Chamberlain co-founded BC Space Gallery and Photographic Art Services, Laguna Beach in 1973 with Jerry Burchfield (now deceased),〔Keith Thursby. (“Jerry Burchfield dies at 62,” ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 22 September 2009.〕 and has operated the space solely since 1987. The venue, perhaps one of the longest continually running fine art photography galleries in the country, also hosts community, political and solstice events,〔Joanna Clay. (“Gallery features art for all seasons,” ) ''Orange County Register,'' 23 January 2013.〕 theatrical and musical performances. With BC as a base of operations, Chamberlain and Burchfield co-founded “Laguna Canyon Project: The Continuous Document” (1980-2010)〔Cathy Curtis. (Litterscapes Inspired by Road Debris,” ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 19 June 1989.〕 to record changes to Laguna Canyon over time. A crucial phase of this project was ''The Tell'' photographic mural,〔Cathy Curtis. ("''The Tell'' Does Indeed Deliver Its Message of Protest,” ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 21 August 1989.〕 which in 1989 became the site of an enormous Demonstration that helped avert development of the area into a massive housing community. That site is today incorporated into Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. In 2002, the art partners co-founded "The Legacy Project," which has been documenting the transition of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro〔Lauri Mendenhall ( “The Edge of Air,” ) ''Coast'' Magazine, June 2005.〕 into the Orange County Great Park. "The Legacy Project" members, ultimately numbering six, created ''The Great Picture'',〔Liz Goldner. (“Riverside, CA: Creating ‘The Great Picture,’” ) ''Art Ltd'', Woodland Hills, CA, September 2011.〕 one of the largest photographs in the world made as a single seamless image. On October 22, 2014, Mark Chamberlain received a Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award as “Artistic Visionary” from Arts Orange County.〔Rick Stein. (“15th Annual Orange County Arts Awards” ) Arts Orange County, CA, 25 June December 2014.〕〔Richard Chang (“Mark Chamberlain among honorees in O.C. Arts Awards” ) ''Orange County Register,'' 27 June 2014.〕〔Daniella Walsh (“Still Tilting at Windmills, Chamberlain Earns the Praise of His Peers” ) '' Laguna Beach Independent,'' 16 October 2014.〕 The award was presented at the Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA. == Career highlights == Mark Chamberlain moved to Laguna Beach in the fall, 1970. On December 25 through the 27th of that year, he attended the town's Christmas Happening" (concert and love-in) in the Sycamore Hills area, which drew an estimated 25,000 flower children. His photographs of the event and its aftermath have been displayed and published in several venues and publications. In 2012, ''Laguna Beach Magazine'' published an article using some of these images, and produced a video with Chamberlain discussing the event and showing several more images.〔''Laguna Beach Magazine''. (“The Christmas Happening” ) December 2012.〕 Mark Chamberlain’s first major body of work, ''Dubuque Passages'', begun in 1972, was intimate black and white photographic artworks of his hometown. In the mid 1970s, he added color to his film palette, and began ''Future Fossils'', social commentary work on the Southern California urban landscape. He soon began his ''Dream Sequences'' series; lyrical figurative photos in vibrant color with erotic overtones. In 1979, he began ''Looking for 2000''; an ongoing companion color series to ''Future Fossils'' photographic images, reflecting our evolution into the 21st Century. He has created thousands of images into the 21st Century. He has created thousands of photographs for the "Laguna Canyon Project," for ''The Tell'', and for "The Legacy Project." A solo retrospective of Chamberlain's 40-year artistic career, “Reflections of an Armchair Arteologist," was held in early 2010 at Soka University, Aliso Viejo, California.〔Peter Clothier. (“Mark Chamberlain, Tribute to an Artist,” ) ''Huffington Post,'' 8 March 2010.〕 The exhibition included more than 150 artworks including ''Dubuque Passages'', ''Future Fossils'', ''Looking for 2000'', other photographic series, collage and assemblage pieces. His photographic artwork is included in the collections of the Laguna Art Museum, the Orange County Museum of Art, the University of Dubuque, the Polaroid Collection, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and in many other public and private venues. His and Burchfield's chromogenic color print, ''Primary Light Documentation'' (1983), was displayed at the Orange County Museum of Art in the exhibition, “California Landscape into Abstraction.”〔Richard Chang. (“O.C. Museum of Art explores California landscape," ) ''Orange County Register,'' 19 December 2013.〕 Chamberlain has been a longtime supporter of and exhibitor at the Laguna Art Museum Annual Auction. He also worked actively to oppose this museum’s proposed 1996 merger with the former Newport Harbor Art Museum, now the Orange County Museum of Art.〔Cathy Curtis. (“Merger Opponent Foresees ‘Divorce," ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 25 May 1996.〕 He is a frequent contributor to local publications, including images for ''Laguna Beach Magazine''.〔Dana Nichols. (“1970 Christmas Happening,” ) ''Laguna Beach Magazine'' Laguna Beach, December 2012.〕 He has been an Adjunct Faculty at Saddleback College (1979–90), Orange Coast College (1980–90), and Cypress College (1991–2010). He has conducted workshops and lectures at the University of California, Irvine, University of California, Riverside, California State University, Fullerton, California State University, Long Beach, and the University of Dubuque. He has been panelist and presenter at Society for Photographic Education conferences (1981, 1989, 2007). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Chamberlain (photographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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