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A new book features the personal photography collection of Judy Glickman Lauder – and tells the story of over a century of beautiful images
Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald with Simone D’Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen and Dr Reginald Kernan. Photograph: Richard Avedon
December 20, 2022
Norman Seeff: Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York, 1969
Presence is a new book detailing the personal collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder. Spanning from pictorialism, portraiture and fashion to documentary and photojournalism, it features iconic figures from the fields of art, politics, entertainment and social justice. Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is published by Aperture. The book accompanies an exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, on view until 15 January 2023. All images: courtesy Judy Glickman Lauder Collection
Melonie Bennett: Suzie, Bahama Beach Club, Portland, Maine, 1996
Glickman Lauder developed a significant personal collection featuring works by famous and emerging photographers, as well as local and regional photographers
Mario Giacomelli: Io Non Ho Mani Mi Accarezzino Il Volto (There Are No Hands to Caress My Face), 1961–1963
You can read more about this image in the Observer’s big picture feature here
Max Yavno: Cable Car, San Francisco, 1947
Mark Bessire, director of the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, writes in the foreword to Presence: ‘The essence of Judy’s life’s work and passion – a presence, and great generosity of spirit – immediately resonates with anyone who has experienced her collection, her own artistic practice or her commitment to culture, community and people everywhere. Judy leans into humanity, offering thoughtful and nuanced perspectives on the world: one that she sees through her camera, and another through the images she collects’
James Van Der Zee: Kate and Rachel Van Der Zee, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1909
Spanning photography’s development throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, Glickman Lauder’s collection dates back over 100 years. She highlighted the power, potential and responsibility of photography, recognising the vital role the camera has in our everyday lives
Gordon Parks: American Gothic (Portrait of Ella Watson), Washington DC, 1942
Presence is anchored by works from some of the best-known and most influential photographers of the past century. This year, Glickman Lauder donated her entire collection to the Portland Museum of Art, a gift of more than 600 works of art
Richard Avedon: Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D’Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen and Dr Reginald Kernan, August 1959
Glickman Lauder has been immersed in photography for more than 80 years. ‘I remember an ever-changing exhibition of beautiful black-and-white photography hanging on our walls, and paging through each new issue of Life magazine, Camera Craft and US Camera. I was connected to a photography community early on’
Imogen Cunningham: Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, 1922
Glickman Lauder writes: ‘My father took me on field trips with his photography friends. I was seven years old when I watched Edward Weston set up his tripod among the rocks and trees of Point Lobos, near Carmel on the Pacific coast. Ansel Adams was also a friend, leading numerous discussions at the Camera Club that my father introduced. Looking back, it is not surprising that I would become a photographer’
Ogle Winston Link: Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957
‘I came to understand that photography, for me, was about being in the moment. So I kept my equipment simple to better focus on what was around me. I only photographed what I was drawn to, and only printed the images on my contact sheets that spoke to me. I adopted a similar approach when I began collecting photographs: being open to them and following my instincts. Making photographs and collecting photographs seemed to dovetail. As a collector, I only bought what I responded to emotionally,’ says Glickman Lauder
Leon Levinstein: Coney Island, 1966
‘Photography brings the unseen to light, and urges us to consider life in all its complexity, beyond the frame’
Jerry N Uelsmann: Small Woods Where I Met Myself, 1967
‘The first photograph I bought was Jerry Uelsmann’s Small Woods Where I Met Myself. There was a mysterious, almost mystical quality to it, with multiple layers and reflections, and both positive and negative imagery – something that drew me right in. That’s true of many of the photographs I acquired. I found myself responding to photographs I felt had some kind of inner presence, whether through the storytelling, or the personality of the subject’
Joyce Tenneson: Self-Portrait with Bird Cage, 1975
‘The common thread among these works is presence – of the photographer, of the photographs, of the photographs’ subjects, of the viewer, and of the past’
Image Credits:
Richard Avedon (United States, 1923–2004), Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D'Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim's, Paris, August 1959, 1959, gelatin silver print, 16 11/16 x 23 5/16 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, Museum purchase with gift in honor of Judith Glickman Lauder, 2020.7. © The Richard Avedon Foundation
Norman Seeff (United States, born South Africa, born 1939), Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York, 1969, archival pigment print, 15 x 22 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 1.2016.1. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Photograph by Norman Seeff
Melonie Bennett (United States, born 1969), Suzie, Bahama Beach Club, Portland, Maine, 1996, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 25.2001.1. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Melonie Bennett
Mario Giacomelli (Italy, 1925–2000), Lo Non Ho Mani Mi Accarezzino Il Volto (There Are No Hands to Caress My Face), 1961–1963, gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 6.2018.17. Image courtesy Luc Demers. Archivio Mario Giacomelli © Simone Giacomelli
Max Yavno (United States, 1911–1985), Cable Car, San Francisco, 1947, gelatin silver print, 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 7.1998.73. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona
James Van Der Zee (United States, 1886– 1983), Kate and Rachel Van Der Zee, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1909, gelatin silver print, 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 7.2021.4. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gordon Parks (United States, 1912–2006), American Gothic (Portrait of Ella Watson), Washington, DC, 1942, gelatin silver print, 13 x 9 1/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 3.2016.8. Image courtesy Luc Demers. Courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation
Imogen Cunningham (United States, 1883– 1976), Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, 1922, gelatin silver print, 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 5.2021. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © 2022 Imogen Cunningham Trust
Ogle Winston Link (United States, 1914– 2001), Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957, gelatin silver print, 14 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 16.2018.8. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © O. Winston Link Museum and Winston Conway Link
Sally Mann (United States, born 1951), Emmett, Jessie, and Virginia, 1989, gelatin silver print, 18 3/4 x 23 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 4.2012. © Sally Mann. Courtesy Gagosian
Leon Levinstein (United States, 1910–1988), Coney Island, 1966, gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 x 12 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 4.2008.1. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Leon Levinstein, Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Jerry N. Uelsmann (United States, 1934– 2022), Small Woods Where I Met Myself, 1967, gelatin silver print, 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 11.2006.18. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Jerry N. Uelsmann
Joyce Tenneson (United States, born 1945), Self-Portrait with Bird Cage, 1975, inkjet print, printed later, 11 x 16 1/8 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 10.2010.12. Image courtesy Luc Demers. © Joyce Tenneson