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Photography
Winter 2023 Exhibition
Bill Owens: Suburbia at Fifty
Exhibition runs Jan. 19–April 22 (extended)
Krause Center for Innovation Gallery
Building 4000, Lower Level VIEW MAP
Gallery Hours
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 1-8 p.m.
- Saturdays: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Closed: Feb. 18 President's Weekend
An evening of Suburbia, Books, and Eagle Hunter with Kate Jordahl
Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-6 p.m. in KCI
Gallery Talk with Kate Jordahl, Lower Gallery, at 4:30-5 p.m.
Book Development and Film: “Aimuldir – The Soul of a Burkitshi” A short film by Oliver Klink & Jackson Nichols in Room 4006, at 5–6 p.m.
Join Jordahl for a gallery walk of the Bill Owens: Suburbia at Fifty Exhibition in the lower gallery, and then a discussion in Room 4006 about the making of two books, which she edited and designed, "Bill Owens: The Legacy of Suburbia: Photographs 1964-2022” and "Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul by Oliver Klink.”
Next, former Foothill College student, Oliver Klink, and Jackson Nichols will show their companion film to the Cultures in Transition book, “Aimuldir – The Soul of a Burkitshi” about "The dream of a young girl defying tradition to become an Eagle Hunter.”
About Kate Jordahl
Kate Jordahl, with her husband and collaborator Geir Jordahl, designs books and photography
projects. "Bill Owens: The Legacy of Suburbia – Photographs 1964-2022” and "Cultures
in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul by Oliver Klink,” are two of their projects. “Cultures
in Transition” has NINE AWARDS for 2019 Best Photography Book (Independent Publisher,
PubWest, International Book Awards, Mifa, PX3, Foreword Indies, IPA, IBPA) and "Bill
Owens: The Legacy of Suburbia – Photographs 1964-2022” has been featured at the Center
for Photographic Art, Carmel and the Nordic Light Photography Festival, Norway. She
will talk about the book design process and creating meaningful containers for artists’
projects.
About “Aimuldir – The Soul of a Burkitshi”
The short film by Oliver Klink & Jackson Nichols (30 minutes) is about "The dream
of a young girl defying tradition to become an Eagle Hunter." The movie was filmed
on location in Western Mongolia over a 3-year period. The footage was captured during
the winter when the temperature averaged -20F. Mongolia is this vast country, knowns
for its long cold winters and short cool-to-hot summers, its breath-taking sceneries
ranging from deserts to high mountain ranges. It is not uncommon to travel for days
and not meet a human being, especially in Western Mongolia, the land of the Kazakh
people, the largest ethnic minority in Mongolia.
The Kazakhs are nomadic people, with deep traditions of “making things only with the
land” and hunting with golden eagles. They are known as “Burkitshi” (eagle hunters).
The art of hunting with eagles was on the brink of disappearing until the young women
brought their Souls to preserve the tradition. Meet Aimuldir, a 9-year-old girl: she
is fearless; she loves her eagle and her horse, and she is ready to face adversity
to be a Burkitshi. The movie premiered at the Asian Art Museum San Francisco to a
sold-out audience.
Artist Talk with Bill Owens
Please join the Photography Department for a free in-person artist talk and reception
on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 4-6 p.m. in the KCI Gallery. Gallery talk at 5 p.m. All registrants who attend will be entered into a drawing for a signed copy of the book Suburbia. Thank you to all who attend the event! |
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About the Exhibition
After debuting at the Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, and traveling to Kristiansund, Norway, for the Nordic Light Photography Festival, the Bill Owens: Suburbia at Fifty travels to Foothill College.
Photo professor Kate Jordahl and her husband, Geir Jordahl, have remastered the images from the original negatives in collaboration with Bill Owens for a new and unique experience of this project, which is considered one of the seminal photographic books of the 20th century. Geir and Kate have also designed and edited the book about the life work of Bill Owens: "Bill Owens: The Legacy of Suburbia Photographs 1964-2022," which will be featured at the exhibit.
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Questions?
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Judy Walgren, Photography Department Chair
650.949.7555
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