NOLAN PREECE - BIO 2015
A photographer for over forty years, Nolan Preece has devoted his work to understanding and mastering the challenging techniques of early photography but also promoting new processes such as the chemogram (1980) and an experimental process he discovered in the late nineteen-seventies using cliche-verre. His portfolios include platinum, silver gelatin, cibachrome and digital prints. His distinctive work is in many collections including the Nevada Museum of Art, the Norra Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City. Contact: preecenolan@gmail.com
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Alternate Photo Processes - Salted paper print, gum print, cyanotype, Van Dyke brown print, platinum & palladium, bromoil, carbon print, photogravure
* Silver Gelatin Processes - Sabattier Effect (MFA thesis), photogram, chemigram, tone line breakdown, reticulation, toning, hand tinting, infrared, cliche-verre, zone system
* Color Photo Processes - E-6, C-41, RA, R-4 reversal process, Vericolor, Cibachrome
* Digital Photography - Digital Media - Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 - includes: layers, masks, color balancing, retouching; Canon 5D Mark II digital camera; Epson 4990 scanner; Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED; Apple Macintosh G5 computer, 3800, 4800 Epson printers, enlarged digital negatives for contact printing, color digital printing, experimental digital photography, digital media for intaglio chine colle
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*Printmaking - Intaglio - line engraving, etching, chine colle
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
17. Catalog - Nevada Museum of Art Exhibition May/August 2014
Exhibition catalog for the Nevada Museum of Art Exhibition “Nolan Preece: Chemigrams” Covering 57 pieces for the exhibition. 124 pages, blurb.com. Preview of entire book available plus PDF for sale. To order go to
http://www.blurb.com/b/5302617-catalog-nevada-museum-of-art
16. Photo Technique Magazine Nov./Dec. 2013
Article by Nolan Preece titled “In From the Light.” Article is about a darkrooms documentary project started in 2009. (3 pages) http://phototechmag.com/in-from-the-light/
15. In From the Light
Self published book now available: "In From the Light: A Selection of Photographic Darkrooms of the Western U.S." Covering 19 darkrooms mostly on the Monterey Peninsula, 2009 to 2012. 90 pages, blurb.com. To order go to http://www.blurb.com/b/4165647-in-from-the-light Preview of entire book available.
14. Photo/Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Exhibition catalog for “Photography and Environmental Concern.” Juror: Kate Ware, Curator of Photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art. http://www.vtphotoworkplace.com/id211.html
13. Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Exhibition catalog for the 2013 Annual Juried Exhibition. Jurors: Dean Brierly, editor of B&W magazine; Chris Johnson, Full Professor of Photography at California College of the Arts. 2nd place award.
12. Photo Technique Magazine July/Aug. 2012
Article by Nolan Preece titled “A Call to Photograph: Erik Lauritzen.” Article is about the life and photographic work of Erik Lauritzen. (3 pages) http://phototechmag.com/erik-lauritzen-a-call-to-photograph/
11. Silvershotz Folios 2012
The Silvershotz International jury panel has selected a portfolio of chemigrams by Nolan Preece for Folios 2012. The Silvershotz Annual Folios journal has a 10,000 print run, 8,000 are distributed in 1400 bookstores in 17 countries. A further 2,000 are mailed free of charge to galleries, libraries, collectors and institutions in 19 countries. See: “News Announcements” this site.
10. Phyllis Shafer interviews Nolan Preece
Interview gives an overview of the “Great Basin Exteriors” exhibit at South Lake Tahoe Community College’s Haldan Gallery plus information about the artist’s life. http://www.ltcconline.net/art/interviews/nolan_preece.html
9. Non-figurative Photo Blog Site
Three part conversation with Nolan Preece about background and processes. This blog is devoted to non-objective photography, especially photography created solely with light and chemicals, the camera being entirely optional. http://nonfigurativephoto.blogspot.com/
8. XHIBIT
Exhibition catalog for the 2011 Exhibitions 3 & 4 produced by the Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM. Four photographs and a description of work in the exhibition with a Commentary by Mary Anne Redding. 29 pages. See: www.prestoncontemporaryart.com
7. The Nevada Landscape
Self published book now available: "The Nevada Landscape" Covering 1994 to 2011, 120 pages, blurb.com. To order go to http://www.blurb.com/b/2256779-the-nevada-landscape Preview of entire book available.
6. Great Basin Patina: Photographic Studies of Found Environments
Self published book now available: "Great Basin Patina: Photographic Studies of Found Environments" Covering 1967 to 2011, 135 pages, blurb.com. To order go to http://www.blurb.com/b/2256876-great-basin-patina Preview of entire book available.
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5.Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey - Gallery Notes
Twenty page description of a traveling exhibition featuring Adam Jahiel, Daniel Cheek and Nolan Preece. Funded through the Nevada Arts Council by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nevada State Legislature. This exhibition will travel to 12 different venues in Nevada over the next two years. Catalog includes images and narrative http://www.blurb.com/b/3019534-great-basin-exteriors-a-photographic-survey and website is available. www.greatbasinexteriors.com
4. Silvershotz: The International Journal of Fine Art Photography - Volume 6, Edition 5 May 2010
Fourteen image portfolio by Nolan Preece with an article about cliche-verre. Discussion about methodology, philosophy and concept of the work. (8 pages)
3. Photo Technique Magazine Jan./Feb. 2010
Article and portfolio by Nolan Preece “Grams, Grams Chemograms and Nolangrams.” Discussion about methodology, philosophy and concept of the work. (6 pages) https://phototechmag.com/grams-grams-chemograms-nolangrams/
2. Nolan Preece: Selections of Photographic Work
Self published book now available: "Nolan Preece - Selections of Photographic Work" Covering 5 bodies of experimental work, 102 pages, blurb.com. To order go to http://www.blurb.com/b/5449301-selections-of-photographic-work Preview of entire book available.
"Nolan is one of the most innovative and scheming photographers I know. His journey through chemical exploration is both bizarre and surreal. A wonderful retro of where he's been and where he's at. A rare look into the photographer through his work." Al Weber
1. Photographers of the West: The Snell and Wilmer Photography Collection
Nolan Preece, page 79, "The Eureka Opera House, Eureka, NV" (See http://nolanpreece.net "The Nevada Millennium Platinum Series" page 4.) A new book/catalog recently released by Snell and Wilmer. The book is dedicated to the late Edward "Bud" Jacobson who for fifty-five years worked with the law firm Snell and Wilmer to bring together one of the most outstanding photography collections in the west. The dedication to Bud Jacobson is by John J. Bouma. A tribute titled "Edward "Bud" Jacobson: Collector and Connoisseur" is written by James Ballinger, Director of the Phoenix Art Museum. A short description of western photography "Encountering Western Photography: A Core Sample" is written by Douglas R. Nickel, Center for Creative Photography and "Building the Collection" by Terry Etherton of the Etherton Gallery. The book covers 73 photographers including Richard Misrach, Mark Klett, Todd Walker, Linda Connor, Joan Myers and Eliot Porter.
