UPDATE: Photographer Captures History of Change in Austin (12/14/2009)
The South Austin Museum of Popular Culture will feature the photography of Alan Pogue in the next exhibit that opens with a reception on November 14th.
Alan’s photojournalism fearlessly crosses a line beyond which many practitioners of modern journalism and fine art will not go. Long ago he rejected formalism and the objectivity many prefer in favor of a committed caring for human beings, often in the midst of frightening circumstances.
Beautiful and captivating, Alan’s images subtly but powerfully resonate in the soul and in the conscience. They stir us to do something, or to support or vote for something or somebody that can make a difference if we get the chance.
Alan’s many honors include a Dobie-Paisano fellowship and being named Austin’s “Best Photographer” by the Austin American Statesman and “Best All Time Photographer” by the Austin Chronicle’s Readers Poll. His work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally.
In this upcoming exhibit, the Museum will feature works of Alan Pogue’s from Austin in the 1970s…a vignette of “firsts” including the following: the first office of Women’s Reproductive Services (a pay phone outside the Rag offices), The Rag, The People’s Free Clinic, 23rd Street Artist Market, Greenbriar School, early Austin Food Co-ops and the Austin Community Gardens.
The exhibit will be on display from November 14 – December 12, 2009.
The opening reception on November 14th will begin at 7:09pm and will include live music and refreshments. The artist will be present.
Parking is non-existent at the Museum, so please park on Collier Street and walk over to the event.
-Leea Mechling
Alan Pogue was born in 1946 and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. He began his photographic career while serving in Vietnam in 1967. Since 1975 he has engaged in an ongoing project documenting the Texas Farm Workers Union. In addition, his socially concerned mission has led him to photograph in Texas prisons, in Cuba, in Iraq and Pakistan, where he is documenting the condition of refugees and war victims, and in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a staff photographer for the Texas Observer in Austin. For many years Pogue was a student and friend of acclaimed documentary photographer Russell Lee, and this collection contains some of Pogue’s modern prints of Russell Lee negatives from the Center for American History’s Russell Lee Photograph Collection. Pogue’s many honors include a 1983 Texas Institute of Letters Dobie-Paisano fellowship, a CURE [Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, and being named "Best Photographer" by the Austin [Texas] Chronicle, 1990-2005. (UT Center for American History)http://www.documentaryphotographs.com
http://gallery.me.com/alanpogue
