Jessica Lange's first venture into the world of photography came with winning a scholarship to study

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at the University of Minnesota in 1967. During her first semester however, she left school in favor of traveling to Paris with then soon-to-be husband Francisco Grande. She would not pick up photographing again until the early 1990s when she began to make black-and-white pictures, all of places she visited on her travels since then. Prior to the release of her debut monograph, ''

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'' (2008), the '' Aperture'' magazine devoted to fine art photography introduced selections from the photo-book in their spring issue of 2007. The work itself with an

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written by Patti Smith went on public the following year, on November 18 through powerHouse Books and a distribution by Random House. Simultaneously, Lange promoted some of her pictures at

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in New York City. Her subsequent presentations included shows in three art venues, such as

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in Youngstown, Ohio, ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica, California and A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans, Louisiana; both in 2009. The George Eastman House - International Museum of Photography & Film in Rochester, New York hosted the artist from July to September that year. Except for her photo show, the museum arranged a retrospective series of her films and a tribute evening at Dryden Theater. Besides, Lange received the first George Eastman House Honors Award for her lifetime contribution. At the turn of the years 2010 and 2011, artist showcased in New Orleans for the second time. For this occasion though, she contributed with a thematic collection of her own pictures taken by Walker Evans during the 1930s in Louisiana; all presented for the local

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. Her second book saw its eventual release in 2010 on RM in two co-editions. One for the English-speaking world called '' In Mexico'', the other for the

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region and under name ''En México'', featuring Spanish texts by Julio Trujillo. Initial promotions of the art work took place in Mexico itself; first at

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in Oaxaca and, after that, at Casa de las Ajaracas and Galería Hispánica Contemporánea, both in Mexico City. She also showcased in Europe, at the 1st edition of the Festival international d'art contemporain in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. In 2011, Lange's exhibition went on a

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including additional countries, such as Spain on four separate occasions (2011-2012 and 2015), Portugal (2012), California (2013) and Russia (2014). Within the South American-region, her work was presented in Brazil (2015). Most recently, Lange released a children's picture book called '' It's About a Little Bird'', issued through

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on October 1, 2013.

Bibliography

Photo-books

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: 978-157-6874-53-0 , style=background:white;, Introduction written by Patti Smith;
112 pages, 50 black-and-white photos;
titled and signed by the author au verso in pencil. , style=background:white; align=center,

, - , rowspan=2 style=background:white; align=center, 2010 , style=background:white; align=center rowspan=3, '' In Mexico''
(aka ''En México'') , style=background:#FAFAD2;, Spain/ Mexico ► * Released: 2010 * Publisher: RM * Print: Hardcover * ISIN: 978-607-7515-67-8 , style=background:#FAFAD2;, Spanish texts written by Julio Trujillo;
96 pages, 44 black-and-white photos;
signed and numbered by herself on reco;
design by David Kimura, Gabriela Varela. , align=center style=background:white; width=4%,
, - , style=background:#FFFFF0;, US ► * Released: November 18, 2010 * Publisher: RM * Print: Hardcover/

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⁺ * ISIN: 978-607-7515-68-5 , style=background:#FFFFF0;, 96 pages, 44 black-and-white photos;
signed and numbered by herself on reco;
design by David Kimura, Gabriela Varela;
Limited ed. of 35 copies in slipcase; 5

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. , align=center style=background:white; width=4%,
, - , style=background:white; align=center, 2011 , style=background:#F5F5DC;, UK ► * Released: July 1, 2011 * Publisher: Gardners Books * Print: Hardcover * ISIN: 978-849-2480-98-2 , style=background:#F5F5DC;, 96 pages, 44 black-and-white photos;
signed and numbered by herself on reco;
design by David Kimura and Gabriela Varela. , align=center style=background:white; width=4%,
, - , style=background:white; align=center, 2019 , style=background:white; align=center, ''Highway 61'' , style=background:white;, US only ► * Released: October 1, 2019 * Publisher: powerHouse Books * Print: Hardcover * ISIN: 978-157-6879-37-5 , style=background:white;, 176 pages; over 80 tritone photographs , style=background:white; align=center, , - , style=background:white; align=center, 2022 , style=background:white; align=center, ''Dérive''
, style=background:white;, US only ► * Released: October 11, 2022 * Publisher: powerHouse Books * Print: Hardcover * ISIN: 978-164-8230-22-6 , style=background:white;, 104 pages of street photography images
a collection made during the pandemic in N.Y.C.
distributed by Simon & Schuster , style=background:white; align=center, , - , colspan=5 style=font-size:8pt align=center width=100%, ⁺ Limited edition only.

Children's literature

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based on a story of two sisters Ilse and Adah, who find a golden birdcage in their grandmother's barn;
originally crafted for her own grandchildren. , width=4% style=background:white align=center,

Art exhibitions

2008–2009: United States

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, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, * Her premiere public exhibition promoted 29 black-and-white photos, all taken from the volume ''

''. (A secondary running exposition, ''North Africa 1959–1963,'' presented a work by

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.) , - , rowspan=12 align=center style=background:white, 2009 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, '' Jessica Lange: 50 Photographs''^†
, align=center style=background:white, May 28, 2009 , align=center style=background:white, May 12 – July 5, 2009 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,
, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0,

, Youngstown, Ohio, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, '' Jessica Lange'' , align=center style=background:white, July 18, 2009 , align=center style=background:white, July 14 – September 12, 2009 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,

, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, California, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, * The subsequent exhibit was arranged in collaboration with Howard Greenberg Gallery and Motion Picture & Television Fund. This time around, 31 black-and-white pictures by Lange were reportedly on display. , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, '' 50 Photographs by Jessica Lange''
, align=center style=background:white, July 25, 2009 , align=center style=background:white, July 18 – September 20, 2009 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, * Lange's second museum exposure took place in Entrance Gallery of the home to 535-seat

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Dryden. The 33 photo-display financed by Woods Oviatt Gilman, preceded her five film series ''Jessica Lange Thursdays'' sponsored by

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. Part of the event featured a sold-out tribute evening. , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, '' 50 Photographs by Jessica Lange''
, align=center style=background:white, October 3, 2009 , align=center style=background:white, October 3 – December 31, 2009 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, Louisiana, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , colspan=5 style=font-size:8pt align=center width=100%, ^† denotes an exhibition with free admission.

2011–2017: Americas and Europe

, Oaxaca, Mexico , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: México''^† , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, June 16 – August 28, 2011 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Casa de las Ajaracas, Mexico City, Mexico , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''JESSICA LANGE unseen''
("Things I See"/"Mexico - On Scene") , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, September 10 – November 27, 2011 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,
, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0,

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, Spain, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, *Lange's first Spanish display featured 78 photographs, 12 of which included contact sheets. , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: In Mexico'' , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, September 17 – December 10, 2011 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0,

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, Lakeland, Florida, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=9 align=center style=background:white, 2012 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''JESSICA LANGE: Secuencias de México''^† , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, March 29 – May 20, 2012 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,
, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''UNSEEN: Fotografia de Jessica Lange''^†
("Things I See"/"Mexico - On Scene") , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, June 1 – August 19, 2012 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,

, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Centro Cultural de

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, Portugal, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: Suites, series y secuencias''
("Things I See"/"Mexico - On Scene") , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, August 30 – November 4, 2012 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,
, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Sala San Benito, Valladolid, Spain, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white, 2013 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: unseen'' , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, February 9 – May 19, 2013 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=6 align=center style=background:white, 2014 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Джессика Лэнг: Незримое'' , align=center style=background:white, March 12, 2014 , align=center style=background:white, March 13 – April 20, 2014 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Мультимедиа Арт Музей, Moscow, Russia, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: Escenas'' , align=center style=background:white, , align=center style=background:white, October 29, 2014 – February 7, 2015 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Galería Hispánica Contemporánea, Mexico City, Mexico , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=6 align=center style=background:white, 2015 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: Fotógrafa''^† , align=center style=background:white, February 10, 2015 , align=center style=background:white, February 11 – April 5, 2015 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: Unseen''^† , align=center style=background:white, April 23, 2015 , align=center style=background:white, April 23 – June 28, 2015 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white, 2016 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''Jessica Lange: Unseen''
, align=center style=background:white, November 12, 2016 , align=center style=background:white, November 13, 2016 – January 29, 2017 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white width=4%, , - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Galeria Miejska BWA,

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, Poland, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , colspan=5 style=font-size:8pt align=center width=100%, ^† denotes an exhibition with free admission.

2019–2021: United States

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Other appearances

Art fairs and festivals

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, align=center style=background:white, July 6, 2010 , align=center style=background:white, July 8–13, 2010 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,

, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence/ Alpilles, France, EU , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, * The first edition of the Festival international d'art contemporain, Alpilles-Provense'art presented also Lange's artwork under title ''L'artiste <> 2010'' in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. , - , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white, 2011 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, ''photo la XX + art la projects''
, align=center style=background:white, January 13, 2011 , align=center style=background:white, January 14–17, 2011 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,

, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0,

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, Santa Monica, California, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, * The 20th

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edition of the largest photo-based art fair in the country, displaying contemporary photography, video and multimedia. Founded by Stephen Cohen, the 2011's

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was co-held by ''photo l.a.'' altogether with ''artLA projects.'' , - , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white, 2013 , rowspan=2 align=center style=background:white, '' BookExpo America''
, align=center style=background:white, May 29, 2013 , align=center style=background:white, May 30 – June 1, 2013 , rowspan=3 align=center style=background:white width=4%,

, - , colspan=2 align=center style=background-color:#FFFFF0,

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, New York City,

, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , colspan=5 style=font-size:8pt align=center width=100%, Upon invitation only.

Other events

, New Orleans, Louisiana, US , - , colspan=3 style=border-bottom-width:3px padding:5px width=92%, , - , colspan=5 style=font-size:8pt align=center width=100%, Not own work.

Footnotes

References

;Sources * * *

External links

Jessica Lange – Profile - Artworks - Exhibits
at ArtSlant {{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Jessica, bibliography

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