Bios
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Dater, Judy |
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Judy Dater became involved in photography when she took a course taught by Jack Welpott at San Francisco State College in the early 1960s. She soon found photography as a means of expressing an emerging awareness of herself and the life around her. Her early work--landscapes, figure studies, and interiors--hints at the intense vision that soon followed. In the early 1970s, she and Welpott created a major portrait study of women; her photographs tend to be dark, brooding, and psychologically challenging to the viewer. They incorporate details around the subject--clothing, furniture, fabrics--and employ chiaroscuro to capture the singular mystery and strength of each sitter. Dater subsequently expanded her work to include male nudes and portraits of friends such as photographers Harold Jones, Imogen Cunningham, and Linda Connor. "Dater considers herself within the tradition of interpretive portraiture," according to Anne Tucker. "Her intention is not to document, nor to glamorize. For her the most important thing is that people reveal themselves to the camera and express something about themselves which definitely exists, thought it may be hidden--perhaps even from themselves." Quote from Eye. |
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