2013
Award-winning photographer Julie Blackmon draws inspiration from 17th-century painters. In a very playful way, the American artist makes images that are both autobiographical and fictional, introducing playful updates to the scenes of rowdy tavern interiors that Flemish and Dutch artists created centuries ago with the chaotic situations that family life can bring to the fore.
Blackmon was born in Springfield, Missouri. She studied at Missouri State University, where she discovered her passion for photography through the works of Sally Mann and Diane Arbus. She didn't formally return to photography until many years later — as a mother of three — and for much of her initial work, Blackmon found compelling subject matter in her very own living room.
Blackmon’s first major series "Mind Games" won an honorable mention in a 2004 competition at the Santa Fe Center for Photography, as well as an award from the Society of Contemporary Photography in Kansas City, Missouri.
From there, Blackmon's career gained considerable traction. She followed up her inaugural series — which comprised black and white documentary images — with a full-color series that depicted both imagined and realistic domestic situations within the home. Blackmon continued working primarily in color, exploring new scenarios and framing cinematic conceptual shots in hayfields, parking lots and neighbors’ backyards.
Blackmon has exhibited at galleries all over the United States. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Microsoft Art Collection in Washington and the Fotografiska Museum in New York City.
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Julie Blackmon Sidewalk edition of 10 2017
Located in CA, CA
Julie Blackmon, Sidewalk 2017 edition of 10 Archival pigment print Inspired by 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings of domestic life, Julie Blackmon photographs carefully orches...
Paper
Child's Bedroom
By Larry Sultan
Located in New York, NY
This color photograph by Larry Sultan is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Child’s Bedroom 2001 Chromogenic print (Edition of 10) 20 x 24 inches, sheet 18 x 22.5 inches, image C...
C Print
Price Upon Request
H 35.5 in W 57 in
Reclining Nude, Oaxaca de Juárez, 2018 - Pieter Hugo (Colour Photography)
By Pieter Hugo
Located in London, GB
Reclining Nude, Oaxaca de Juárez, 2018 - Pieter Hugo (Colour Photography) Signed on reverse Archival pigment print Available in two sizes: 35 1/2 x 47 inches, edition of 7 + 2 APs 4...
Archival Pigment
Family Chair Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Chair Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in her great-grandfather’s favourite chair in front of the fami...
Color, Archival Pigment
Living Room
By Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 30 x 50 inches 40 x 67 inches 48 x 80.5 inches (Total edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
Archival Pigment
$1,128
H 12.8 in W 12.8 in D 0.79 in
Alec Soth “Sydney. Tallahassee, Florida" Original Signed & Framed Print, 2004
Located in London, GB
For sale is an original signed museum-quality Magnum photographic print by world-renowned photographer Alec Soth (American, b. 1969). Titled "Sydney. Tallahassee, Florida. 2004", t...
Oak, Paper
Smothered
By Patty Carroll
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Photograph available in 15 x 15" (edition of 20), 22 x 22" (edition of 20) and 38 x 38" (edition of 10). Availability and pricing is subject to change without notice. Patty Carroll h...
Digital Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in D 0.1 in
Family Chair 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Chair 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in her great-grandfather’s favourite chair in front of th...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
H 44 in W 56 in
Odalisque No. 1, Winfield Estate, Long Island, New York
By Rodney Smith
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the verso and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer
Archival Pigment
Legs, Rockport, Maine, 2021
By Cig Harvey
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Legs, Rockport, Maine, 2021 Signed in ink on verso; Signed, titled and dated in ink with photographer's label Archival pigment print Image 20" x 16", Paper 21" X 17", Matted 30" X 24...
Archival Pigment
Hight Chair
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Dutch proverb “a Jan Steen household” originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous family gatherings. Th...
Archival Pigment
Laying Out
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmons's images offer fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish aesthetic. Peggy's Beauty Shop is an outstandi...
Archival Pigment
Afghan
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Archival Pigment
I Love It
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Dutch proverb “a Jan Steen household” originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous family gatherings. Th...
Archival Pigment
New Baby
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Dutch proverb “a Jan Steen household” originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous family gatherings. Th...
Archival Pigment
Take Off
By Julie Blackmon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Domestic Vacations: The Dutch proverb "a Jan Steen household" originated in the 17th century and is used today to refer to a home in disarray, full of rowdy children and boisterous f...
Archival Pigment
