The Laurence Miller Gallery is a

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, and has been described as "one of the longest-running American galleries devoted to photography".

History

The proprietor of the gallery, Laurence Miller, began his gallery career with the Quivira Photography Gallery in

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, where Miller was affiliated with the art department of

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. After serving as assistant director of the Light Gallery in New York, and a showing of his own photographs at the M.F.A. Gallery of the

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, Miller opened a gallery in his own name in 1984 on East 57th Street.Lalla Essaydi, Amanda Carlson, ''Converging Territories'' (2005). In 1986, the gallery moved to a larger space on Spring Street, and moved to West 57th Street in 1998. The following year, the gallery published a portfolio of prints by late photojournalist

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, with the assistance of his son Russell Burrows. In 1995 it was reported that the gallery "specializes in showing established contemporary photographers in its main room", with an exhibit at that time titled "Berlin Before the Wall" featuring the work of German photographer

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. The gallery was further reported as mounting "exhibitions of vintage prints in its smaller, adjoining space".Terrence James, "Creative Visions: Galleries Show What Makes a Photograph Art", ''The Hackensack Record'' (January 21, 1995), p. 16. In 1999, Miller advocated for giving equal treatment to digital and non-digital photography, stating that " u wouldn't ask a poet, 'Did you use a keyboard or a pen to write your poem?'" By 2005, it was reported that the gallery "has presented more than two hundred exhibitions that span the history of photography". In 2014, the gallery celebrated its 30th Anniversary "with a show of work by 31 photographers it has represented or shown over the years". The gallery participated in

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in 2019. As of 2020, the gallery was located at 521 West 26th Street, in

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Notable exhibitions

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, "Neon Tigers" (March 25 - May 15, 2004) *

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, "Permutations" (June 3 - July 1, 2010) *

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, "Gotham and Beyond" (2013) * Petah Coyne (1997) *Stephanie Couturier (2007) *

, "Berlin Before the Wall" (1995) *

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, "Cherry Blossom Time in Japan" (November 12 - December 13, 1986) :*"Cray at Chippewa Falls" (1988) :*"Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs by Lee Friedlander 1956-1987" (1989) :*"A Selection of Nudes" (1991) :*"Work in Progress/Sonora Desert" (1991) * David Graham, "Where We Live" (2015); other exhibitions (1987, 1989, 1991) *

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(2010) * Fred Herzog, "Betwixt and Between" (2019) *

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, "Fictions 1969-1974" (2004) *

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, "Portfolios: Seeing in Series" (2006) *

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(2014) *

Maggie Taylor Maggie Taylor (born 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an artist who works with digital images. She won the Santa Fe Center for Photography's Project Competition in 2004. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe and is represen ...

, "Landscape of Dreams" (September 15, 2005 - October 29, 2005) *

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(2009)Juliette Funes, "An All-Access Pass to the Show", ''The Los Angeles Times'' (August 9, 2009), page E-8. * Bruce Wrighton, "Downtown Men" (2014)

References

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