Old Man on Main Street, 1959
Archival pigment inkjet print, 24" x 18"
Estimate: $1,200
Local photographer Fred Herzog has produced a remarkable document of Vancouver. Since arriving here from Germany in 1953, he has methodically photographed the street life, storefronts and buildings of Vancouver, producing a comprehensive archive of over 80,000 images. Drawn to places in transition, Herzog’s images reveal the vitality and elegiac quality of neglected areas. His photographs have been published and shown across Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada in 1970, and have been featured in several PHG exhibitions, most recently Unfinished Business: Photographing Vancouver Streets 1955 to 1985. Herzog has been acknowledged as a pioneer in colour photography and a significant figure in the history of Vancouver photography. A major retrospective of his work will be at the Vancouver Art Gallery in January 2007. Published in a recent issue of Ripe magazine, this exquisite print is typical of Herzog’s eye for the prosaic.
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