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Robert Charles Mann

Impressions solaires

published at 05/11/2018
Impressions solaires, exposition de Robert Charles Mann au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2018 - © Éric Sander

PRÉSENTATION

This exhibition associated with Chaumont-sur-Loire is the culmination of a very specific experiment conducted during a “residency”. Robert Charles Mann installed his “solargraphs” at various points around the Domain to capture the changing pattern of the sun’s curving path.

When eight-year-old Robert developed his first print in his father’s lab, he understood what the world of photography held of magic even before he had actually taken his first photograph.

Born in the United States in 1960, Robert Charles Mann grew up in an artistic world: his mother was a concert pianist and his father a photographer. The influence of his family environment led him to combine musical and photographic studies. He studied at Musicians Institute in Hollywood and Ohio State University School of Music.

He then went on to study astronomy, photography and contemporary musical composition, obtaining a diploma in Platinum Printing from the Maine Photographic Workshop in Camden, Maine, in 1990 and another in Pigment Printing from Düsseldorf Museum’s Fine Print Studio in 1992.

In the 1980s, he took part in a wide range of projects, eventually becoming involved with the Art Club, which lent its support to the production of avant-garde musical shows in Los Angeles. He returned to photo printing and set up his own business in order to fund his various artistic projects. He soon became one of the most sought-after printers, spending two years as studio manager and printer for Herb Ritts, and collaborating with Helmut Newton, Mary Ellen Mark, Peter Lindbergh, Sheila Metzner and Dennis Hopper among many others. At the same time, he held the position of Chief Photographer for the magazine “Exposure”. He has also produced countless prints for Twelve Tree & Twin Palms photographic books, as well as for the Hollywood Archives. Over the last twenty years, Robert Mann has printed over a million photos! In 1989, having earned a solid international reputation as photographer and printer, he moved to Paris, where he now lives.

Complete Biography

EXHIBITIONS

2017
Méta Paysages, Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire, Centre for Arts and Nature, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
 
2012
Puis vint maintenant, Musée de Vendôme, Vendôme, France
 
2011
Saints and Sinners, Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Charles Mann, Les Curieuses, Paris, France
 
2009
Robert Charles Mann, Basia Embiricos Gallery, Paris, France
 
2006
Robert Charles Mann, Ritual Gallery, Paris, France
 
2005
Pingyao international, Pingyao Museum, Pingyao, China
 
2004
Photo review best of show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Summer group exhibition, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
 
2003
Marubi, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
Orbits, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Landscapes, hands, flowers, Charles Nes Gallery, New York, USA
Pinhole and photograms, Lonsdale, Gallery Toronto, Canada
 
2002
New works, Charles Nes Gallery, New York, USA
Reflections, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Flowers, Michael Dunsford Gallery, Seattle, USA
 
2001
One off, Special Photographers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
American Photographers, French Institute, New York, USA
Why pinhole?, visual studies workshop Gallery, Rochester, USA
Vues de Touraine, Maison du Loir-et-Cher, Blois, France
 
2000
Out there here, Provincetown Museum of Art, Provincetown, USA
Tracing shadows, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Photo L.A. 2000, Charles Nes Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
 
1999
Millennium, Special Photographers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Magiae naturalis, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Pinhole art, Ohio Art League, Columbus, USA
Window series, Pinhole Visions Gallery, Chapel Hill, USA
 
1998
Sans objectif, Carré Davidson Gallery, Tours, France
Paysages Touraine, Carré Davidson Gallery, Tours, France
Camera ready, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Pinhole international, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
 
1997
Avant premier, Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris, France
Esprit des lieux, Château de Tours, Tours, France
Petit format, Carré Davidson Gallery, Tours, France
 

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Robert Charles Mann
Impressions solaires, exposition de Robert Charles Mann au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2018 - © Éric Sander
Impressions solaires, exposition de Robert Charles Mann au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2018 - © Éric Sander
Impressions solaires, exposition de Robert Charles Mann au Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2018 - © Éric Sander
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