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'''Nicholas Whitman''' is an American photographer. He is best known for his work chronicling the decay and transformations of buildings, as well as his nature studies.<ref name="blurb">{{cite book|url=http://www.blurb.com/b/4295689-shore-views#author-bookshelf |title=Shore Views by Nicholas Whitman &#124; Blurb Books |date=May 9, 2013 |publisher=blurb.com|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref> His most recent work’s basis is the physical world, but more as an "evocative interpretation rather than a literal one."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=After Ryder: Photographs |url=https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1556492?__r=1476507 |publisher=Mag Cloud}}</ref> "Subject intersects with intangibles like mood. Symbols speak across cultures and through time."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=After Ryder: Photographs |url=https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1556492?__r=1476507 |publisher=Mag Cloud}}</ref> These themes are manifest in the painting of Albert Pinkham Ryder, a recent focus of Whitman's. Whitman’s show “After Ryder” at the [[New Bedford Whaling Museum]] from 2018-2019 was an homage to the spirit of the painter, and in 2020 another show will exhibit Whitman's work alongside Ryder's.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art |url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/wild-note-of-longing-albert-pinkham-ryder-and-century-american-art/ |publisher=New Bedford Whaling Museum}}</ref>
'''Nicholas Whitman''' is an [[America]]n [[photographer]]. He is best known for his work chronicling major renovations. Whitman's 2001 ''Mass MoCA: From Mill to Museum'' documents the transformation of a sprawling<ref>[http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=71 "The 'Before' Pictures"], ''Mass MoCA website''</ref> electronics plant into the [[Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>[http://www.massmoca.org/history.php "History"], ''Mass MoCA website''</ref>, a process also depicted in the [[independent film]] ''Downside Up''<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/downsideup/film.html ''Downside Up''] information page, ''PBS''</ref>. Similarly, Whitman's 2008 book, ''The Colonial Theatre'', showcases the transformation of the Miller Supply Company warehouse of [[Pittsfield]], [[Massachusetts]] into a functional playhouse.<ref>[http://discoverpittsfield.com/events/?event_id=21866 "Event Page"], ''Discover Pittsfield''</ref>


Whitman began photographing North Adams’ abandoned Sprague Electric Company factory in 1988 “because it would surely be razed.” Documenting the then-deteriorating 19th-century mill buildings, Whitman captured scenes ranging from vast postindustrial landscapes to minute traces of the plant’s former workers. Whitman’s meticulously composed photographs—windows onto the historic nature of [[Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art]]’s celebrated<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Whitman |date=October 10, 2018 |url=https://massmoca.org/event/nicholas-whitman/ |publisher=MASS MoCA}}</ref> renovated factory campus—are currently on display in the museum and accompanied by an expanded catalog, ''A PLACE REMOVED''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicholas Whitman |date=October 10, 2018 |url=https://massmoca.org/event/nicholas-whitman/ |publisher=MASS MoCA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA |url=https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1537895?__r=1476507 |publisher=Mag Cloud}}</ref> Whitman has had a long association with the museum; his earlier ''MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum'' (2001) documented its initial creation from the husk of the sprawling<ref>[http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=71 "The 'Before' Pictures"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120061644/http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=71 |date=January 20, 2013 }}, ''MASS MoCA website''</ref> electronics plant.<ref>[http://www.massmoca.org/history.php "History"], ''MASS MoCA website''</ref><ref name="massmoca">{{cite web|url=http://www.massmoca.org/press_releases/07_2000/7_05_00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010216080532/http://www.massmoca.org/press_releases/07_2000/7_05_00.html|archive-date=16 February 2001|url-status=dead|title=Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art &#124; Press Releases|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
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A graduate of [[RIT]]'s photography program, Whitman was Curator of Photography at the [[New Bedford Whaling Museum]] from 1978 to 1986.<ref>[http://www.ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist_resume.asp?artistID=257 "Artist Resume"], ''Ferring Gallery''</ref> In addition to his independent work, he is currently an instructor at [[Williams College]].<ref>[http://www.ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist_resume.asp?artistID=257 "Artist Resume"], ''Ferring Gallery''</ref><ref>http://www.williams.edu/feature-stories/feature-stories-archive/exposure/</ref>


Similarly, Whitman's 2008 book, ''The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection'', showcases the transformation of the Miller Supply Company of [[Pittsfield]], [[Massachusetts]] into an architectural jewel.<ref>[http://discoverpittsfield.com/events/?event_id=21866 "Event Page"], ''Discover Pittsfield''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/about/history/history-of-the-colonial-theatre.html |title=History of the Colonial Theatre |access-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706221114/http://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/about/history/history-of-the-colonial-theatre.html |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Selected publications===

* 2008. ''The Colonial Theatre''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/dp/061520287X</ref>
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A graduate of [[RIT]]'s photography program, Whitman was Curator of Photography at the [[New Bedford Whaling Museum]] from 1978 to 1986.<ref>[http://www.ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist_resume.asp?artistID=257 "Artist Resume"], ''Ferring Gallery''</ref> In addition to his independent work, he was an instructor at Williams College's winter studies program between 2003-2018.<ref>[http://www.ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist_resume.asp?artistID=257 "Artist Resume"], ''Ferring Gallery''</ref><ref name="williams">{{cite web|url=http://www.williams.edu/feature-stories/feature-stories-archive/exposure/|title=Exposure &#124; Williams College|publisher=williams.edu|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2001. ''Mass MoCA: From Mill to Museum''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Mass-MoCA-Museum-Nicholas-Whitman/dp/0970073801/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372730952&sr=1-2</ref>

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* 1997. ''A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Museum''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Window-Back-Photography-Whaling-Port/dp/0932027180</ref>
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==Selected publications==
*2019. ''After Ryder: Photographs.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=After Ryder: Photographs |url=https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1556492?__r=1476507 |publisher=Mag Cloud}}</ref>
*2019. ''A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA |url=https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1537895?__r=1476507 |publisher=Mag Cloud}}</ref>
*2016. ''Circus Posters: Historic Posters Come to Light''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=Circus Posters: Historic Posters Come to Light |date=September 21, 2016 |url=https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/6542053/93ac3e90b414b7e0dd2c8a55b633cf18defc03d1 |publisher=Blurb Books}}</ref>
*2013. ''The Stutz Stash of A. K. Miller''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |title=The Stutz Stash of A.K. Miller |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/3742467/d9c929312df26fdddb9c77a3d8838988815b706c |publisher=Blurb Books}}</ref>
*2013. ''Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice''.<ref name="blurb2">{{cite book |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |url=http://www.blurb.com/b/4114653-sea-shore-sky-ice|title=Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice by Nicholas Whitman &#124; Blurb Books|date=March 2013 |publisher=blurb.com|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
*2013. ''Squares from Nature''.<ref name="blurb3">{{cite book |last1=Whitman |first1=Nicholas |url=http://www.blurb.com/b/4384838-squares-from-nature|title=Squares from Nature by Nicholas Whitman &#124; Blurb Books|date=June 12, 2013 |publisher=blurb.com|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
*2008. ''The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection''.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-0615202877|title=The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection|year=2008}}</ref>
*2001. ''MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum''.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 0970073801|title = MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum|last1 = Thompson|first1 = Joseph|year = 2000}}</ref>
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*1997. ''A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Port''.<ref name="amazon">{{cite book|title=A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Port: Nicholas Whitman: 9780932027184: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=0932027180|last1=Whitman|first1=Nicholas|year=1994}}</ref>


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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://nwphoto.com/}}
*{{official website|http://nwphoto.com/}}
*[http://dedeeshattuckgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/dsg-interviews-nicholas-whitman/ Interview] with Whitman by Dedee Shattuck of the Dedee Shattuck Gallery.
*[http://dedeeshattuckgallery.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/dsg-interviews-nicholas-whitman/ Interview] with Whitman by Dedee Shattuck of the Dedee Shattuck Gallery


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Nicholas Whitman
Born
United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationRIT
Known forPhotography
Notable workLandscape photography, nature studies, and historic photography, especially involving themes of decay.[1]
Websitenwphoto.com

Nicholas Whitman is an American photographer. He is best known for his work chronicling the decay and transformations of buildings, as well as his nature studies.[2] His most recent work’s basis is the physical world, but more as an "evocative interpretation rather than a literal one."[3] "Subject intersects with intangibles like mood. Symbols speak across cultures and through time."[4] These themes are manifest in the painting of Albert Pinkham Ryder, a recent focus of Whitman's. Whitman’s show “After Ryder” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum from 2018-2019 was an homage to the spirit of the painter, and in 2020 another show will exhibit Whitman's work alongside Ryder's.[5]

Whitman began photographing North Adams’ abandoned Sprague Electric Company factory in 1988 “because it would surely be razed.” Documenting the then-deteriorating 19th-century mill buildings, Whitman captured scenes ranging from vast postindustrial landscapes to minute traces of the plant’s former workers. Whitman’s meticulously composed photographs—windows onto the historic nature of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art’s celebrated[6] renovated factory campus—are currently on display in the museum and accompanied by an expanded catalog, A PLACE REMOVED.[7][8] Whitman has had a long association with the museum; his earlier MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum (2001) documented its initial creation from the husk of the sprawling[9] electronics plant.[10][11]

Similarly, Whitman's 2008 book, The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection, showcases the transformation of the Miller Supply Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts into an architectural jewel.[12][13]

A graduate of RIT's photography program, Whitman was Curator of Photography at the New Bedford Whaling Museum from 1978 to 1986.[14] In addition to his independent work, he was an instructor at Williams College's winter studies program between 2003-2018.[15][16]

Selected publications

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  • 2019. After Ryder: Photographs.[17]
  • 2019. A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA.[18]
  • 2016. Circus Posters: Historic Posters Come to Light.[19]
  • 2013. The Stutz Stash of A. K. Miller.[20]
  • 2013. Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice.[21]
  • 2013. Squares from Nature.[22]
  • 2008. The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection.[23]
  • 2001. MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum.[24]
  • 1997. A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Port.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "About," artist's website
  2. ^ Shore Views by Nicholas Whitman | Blurb Books. blurb.com. May 9, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Whitman, Nicholas. "After Ryder: Photographs". Mag Cloud.
  4. ^ Whitman, Nicholas. "After Ryder: Photographs". Mag Cloud.
  5. ^ "A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art". New Bedford Whaling Museum.
  6. ^ "Nicholas Whitman". MASS MoCA. October 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Whitman". MASS MoCA. October 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Whitman, Nicholas. "A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA". Mag Cloud.
  9. ^ "The 'Before' Pictures" Archived January 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, MASS MoCA website
  10. ^ "History", MASS MoCA website
  11. ^ "Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | Press Releases". Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  12. ^ "Event Page", Discover Pittsfield
  13. ^ "History of the Colonial Theatre". Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  14. ^ "Artist Resume", Ferring Gallery
  15. ^ "Artist Resume", Ferring Gallery
  16. ^ "Exposure | Williams College". williams.edu. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  17. ^ Whitman, Nicholas. "After Ryder: Photographs". Mag Cloud.
  18. ^ Whitman, Nicholas. "A PLACE REMOVED: After Sprague Electric/Before MASS MoCA". Mag Cloud.
  19. ^ Whitman, Nicholas (September 21, 2016). Circus Posters: Historic Posters Come to Light. Blurb Books.
  20. ^ Whitman, Nicholas (August 29, 2013). The Stutz Stash of A.K. Miller. Blurb Books.
  21. ^ Whitman, Nicholas (March 2013). Sea, Shore, Sky & Ice by Nicholas Whitman | Blurb Books. blurb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  22. ^ Whitman, Nicholas (June 12, 2013). Squares from Nature by Nicholas Whitman | Blurb Books. blurb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  23. ^ The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection. 2008. ISBN 978-0615202877.
  24. ^ Thompson, Joseph (2000). MASS MoCA: From Mill to Museum. ISBN 0970073801.
  25. ^ Whitman, Nicholas (1994). A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Port: Nicholas Whitman: 9780932027184: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 0932027180.
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