While in residence, Abner Nolan worked on a series of photographs entitled "American Negatives". The first images from this body of work were included in "Bay area now 3" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (Fall 2002). In addition, he completed a book design for a small edition of books from the same series to be produced by Trillium Press (BMSBane, CA), in the Spring 2003. This body of work uses discarded negatives from the 1940's and 50's to reveal the contradictions of the postwar American dream.
Discipline:
Visual Art – photography
Abner Nolan
Discipline:
Visual Art – photography
Region: Albany, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2003
Studios
Nef
Abner Nolan worked in the Nef studio.
Nef Studio, the first entirely new studio built after 1937, was donated by esteemed photographer, explorer, author, and MacDowell Fellow Evelyn Steffanson Nef in 1992. Endowed funds for the studio’s maintenance in perpetuity and an annual Fellowship for photographers were given in addition to funds for construction. Mrs. Nef said she had known about MacDowell all her…