Documentary photographer shows work at gallery
Cambon will deliver an open slide/lecture presentation at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Learning Resource Center, Room 221, on the university campus. A reception for the artist is scheduled in the gallery immediately after his lecture.
Tom Jimison, gallery curator, said that after Cambon’s arrival in Bangladesh, the ship’s grain cargo was unloaded and the ship was broken up for recycling by hand. Thus, the dismantling became the focus of this body of work.
Cambon, a resident of Los Angeles and documentary photographer for 14 years, earned his undergraduate degree from Yale University, where he studied with Richard Benson and JoAnn Walters. He also studied briefly in the graduate program at the San Francisco Art Institute with Linda Connor.
“He has photographed all over the world, including Italy and Germany, where his parents are from, and where he has lived for various periods of his life; across the American West, and where he worked on cattle ranches as a ranch hand,” said Jimison.
Cambon recently returned to Bangladesh to continue his explorations of the country. He has exhibited, lectured and had his works collected internationally. His photographs have also appeared in various magazines such as The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly, among other publications.
Baldwin Photographic Gallery, located on the first level of the LRC, is open to the public 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each Monday through Friday, 8 to 11:45 a.m. Saturdays and 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays. The gallery will be closed Nov. 27 through 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Admission to all gallery exhibitions and lectures is free of charge. For more information regarding the exhibit or lecture, please contact the gallery directly at 615-898-2085.