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Walter Chappell

American
(Portland, Oregon, 1925 - 2000, El Rito, New Mexico)


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Born in Portland, Oregon.

Obituary in New York Times as of August 12, 2000: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/12/arts/walter-chappell-photographer-of-nature-is-dead-at-75.html
Walter Chappell, whose finely detailed, impeccably printed photographs of landscapes, natural forms and the human body were known for their mystical intensity, died on Tuesday in Santa Fe. He was 75 and lived in El Rito in northern New Mexico.

The cause was complications from lung cancer and a lung infection, said his companion, Linda Elvira Piedra.

Although his work is represented in museums across the country, Mr. Chappell was not widely known outside the world of art photography. Within the field he was a constant if peripatetic presence for more than 40 years. From 1957 to 1961 he was curator of prints and exhibitions at George Eastman House in Rochester and was affiliated with Aperture, the photography magazine (and now book publisher) founded by the photographer Minor White in 1952.

In the early 1960's he was the driving force behind the Association of Heliographers Archive Gallery, a photographers cooperative and gallery on Lexington Avenue whose members included Paul Caponigro, Marie Cosindas and Nicholas Dean. He published several books of photographs and wrote widely on the subject, promulgating ideas influenced by the writings of G. I. Gurdjieff.


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