Tag: Judy Gelles

  • Remembering Judy Gelles | LENSCRATCH

    Remembering Judy Gelles | LENSCRATCH

    Remembering Judy Gelles

    I was dismayed to hear that the remarkable Judy Gelles passed away recently. She had a profound sense of humanity, combined with wonderful humor, and unique way of looking at the world, especially her own life and family. In fact, she was a truth teller.

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    I was dismayed to hear that the remarkable Judy Gelles passed away recently. She had a profound sense of humanity, combined with wonderful humor, and unique way of looking at the world, especially her own life and family. In fact, she was a truth teller. Judy came onto my radar around 2008 when I was writing a lot about photographers who focus work on their families. She told me that she had made work in the 1980’s that had been dismissed by curators and she was thrilled that projects created about the people under our own roof were being recognized. I wrote about her work three times and was always happy to promote her wonderful projects. She will be missed but we are so lucky to have her rich body of work to continue to inspire and delight us. Her son David Gelles recently wrote about the difficulty of planning her funeral in the time of Covid19 for CNN.

  • Judy Gelles: Family Portrait and I’m 39 1977-1982

    Judy Gelles: Family Portrait and I’m 39 1977-1982

    Judy Gelles: Family Portrait and I’m 39 1977-1982

    I was thrilled to finally meet Judy Gelles at Photo LA this past weekend.  She had her own booth that showcased her new series, Fourth Grade Project, examining 4th graders around the world.  Five or six years ago, I wrote several articles about photograph

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    Documenting the struggles of a woman and young mother were important to me. The “Family Portrait” series, created between 1977 and 1982 explored the cultural assumptions about Motherhood and Happy Families during the 1970’s and early 1980’s. When I began photographing in 1977, I had delusions of creating smiling, beautiful images of my two sons. But I quickly discovered that the true view of home life was very different than what family photo albums tend to reveal