Richard Gordon was born in Chicago in 1945. He studied Political Science at the University of Chicago and did not begin photographing until he worked at a photography studio in 1965. Early in Gordon’s career, Robert Frank critiqued his work and stated that he “loved photography too much.” Gordon frequently makes photographic references in his work and pays homage to the photographers who influenced him: Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Robert Frank and Helen Levitt. Bookmaking has been an important element of Gordon’s photography from the beginning; he created his own press, Chimaera Press, and published Meta Photographs (Chimaera Press, 1978), One More for the Road: The Autobiography of a Friendship 1966-1996 (Flâneur Bookworks, 1996), American Surveillance: Someone to Watch Over Me (Chimaera Press, 2009), and Notes from the Field (Chimaera Press, 2012), as well as handmade and limited edition books. Richard Gordon died October 6th at his home in Berkeley, CA.
Gitterman Gallery presents an exhibition of vintage black and white photographs from the 1970’s by Richard Gordon. The exhibition will run until Saturday, November 17th.
Richard Gordon
From September 13th to November 17, 2012
Gitterman Gallery
170 East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
T: 212.734.0868
F: 212.734.0869
