David Halliday Still-life Photography
American, b. 1958
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects are carefully composed still lifes, portraits and landscapes which he shoots in black and white film with only natural light. He is a purist behind the lens, rarely manipulating his negatives in any way and a master in the darkroom. His work has an ethereal quality that's translated not only through the subject, but also by the warm colors and sepia tones he uses in his printing.(Biography provided by Carrie Haddad Gallery)
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Artist: David Halliday
American Flag (Sepia Toned Still Life of Vintage Flag Leaning Against Wall)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
American Flag (Sepia Toned Still Life of Vintage Flag Leaning Against Wall) by David Halliday
Sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 11 of 25
Custom bl...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Life Preserver (Contemporary Nautical Still Life Photo with White Palette)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Nautical color still life photograph of white life preserver
archival pigment print, edition of 10
32 inch diameter on 37 inch square paper
This contemporary nautical still life ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staircase (Square, Sepia Toned Vintage Photograph of a Spiral Staircase)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 4 of 25
Custom black stained wood molding with visible grain
8-ply antique white mat with AR non glare glass.
4.5 x 4.5 inches unframed, 17 x 17 inches framed
This square sepia toned silver gelatin print of a Victorian spiraling staircase...
Category
1990s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stoneware Bowl (Small Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of White Ceramic Bowl)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Vintage style still life photograph of antique white bowl, framed
Sepia toned silver gelatin print, vintage uneditioned print
Custom black stained wood molding with visible grain
8-...
Category
1990s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American, Unknown (Graphic, Vintage Style Red, White, Blue Patriotic Triptych)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Mounted archival pigment print photographs on pure cotton rag paper
Artist made natural wood shadow box frames with AR non glare glass
63.5 x 24.5 inches hung vertically
Editio...
Category
2010s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Parmesan (Contemporary Still Life Study in Light Box with Diffused Light)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, the waxy texture of a solid hunk of salty parmesan cheese and its crumbles is gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting!
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cherry Tomatoes (Contemporary Still Life Study in Light Box with Diffused Light)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, the bright red tomato skins are gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting.
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Radishes (Contemporary Still Life Study in Light Box with Diffused Light)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, a bunch of radishes with their deep pink skins are are gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting!
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yellow Zucchini Flower (Contemporary Still Life Study in Light Box)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, the bright yellow spiky petals of the zucchini's flower is gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting!
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Loveseat
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 8 of 25
8 x 8 inches unframed, $1000 including frame
sepia photography, still life, furniture still lif...
Category
1990s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Milk & Eggs
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
sepia toned silver gelatin print, edition 1 of 25
10 x 15.5 inches, 22.5 x 26.5 inches framed
still life photography, food still life, milk and egg still life, modern still life, sepia still life, formalism, formalist still life, modern, simple, kitchen photography...
Category
Early 2000s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cucumbers & Kohlrabi (Framed Still Life Photograph, Purple & Green Vegetables)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of purple and green vegetables
archival pigment print in artist-made white painted wood frame
30 x 37.5 inches unframed, 33 7/8 x 41 5/8 inch...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flotsam I (2 Nets)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print, edition of 10
white washed wood frame, 33 x 41 inches framed
still life photography, formalism, formalist photography, red black white, modern still life,...
Category
2010s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Apricots (Contemporary Still Life Study in Light Box with Diffused Light)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, the softness of the apricot's fuzzy skin is gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting!
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poppies & Potatoes (Still Life Photograph of Flowers & Vegetables on White)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary still life photograph of bright orange and blue poppy flowers and fingerling potatoes on a crisp white tabletop background
archival pigment print, edition 6 of 10
17 x 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pomegranate and Cheese (Contemporary Still Life Photograph in Light Box)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed
Archival pigment print
edition of 12
Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges traditional ideas about light and composition with contemporary experiments. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude.
In this particular image, a hard Dutch cheese is staged with a half of a pomegranate stacked on top. The unexpected composition is gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting!
About the work:
The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Purple Hydrangea (Contemporary Still Life Photography of Flower in Silver Vase)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print, edition of 10
25 x 32 inches, unframed
This horizontal color still photograph of a brilliant purple hydrangea blossom in a silver vase against a white backg...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cucumbers and Peppers
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Cucumbers and Peppers, 2007
32" X 32"
archival pigment print, edition of 25
About the Artist:
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Carrots (Against the Wall) Framed Color Still Life Photograph of Vegetables
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of orange carrots against a white wall
Carrots (Against the Wall), photographed by David Halliday in 2007
archival pigment print, ed. 5/25
6...
Category
Early 2000s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lemon and Black Olive (Contemporary Still Life of Mediterranean Fruits, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Lemon and Black Olive, 2007 by David Halliday
6 1/2" X 8"
14.5 x 16 inches framed
Painted white wood frame
archival pigment print, edition of 25
Color Work Series
In this series, Halliday captures the beauty of everyday life in still lifes of various objects and vegetation arranged against a light background. Here a black olive is placed beside a bright yellow lemon, both reflecting light which extenuates their differing color and textures.
About the artist:
American, b. 1958, Glen Cove, NY, United States, based in Schodack Landing, NY, United States
Elegant still lifes bathed in natural light, so masterfully composed one could forget that it is, in fact, a photograph – this is how we’ve come to recognize David Halliday’s work. The artist first gained recognition for his sepia toned silver gelatin prints of common place objects and food staples, emphasized by sublime balances of form, texture, and shadow one could liken to classical painting. In more recent years the artist began embracing his subject matter with modern pops of color in surreal arrangements; vegetables and fruits eccentrically coupled with fish nets and cutlery balanced on undefined tabletops, seeming to float in midair. Now the photographer is retracting his lens to encompass the studio itself as his subject. In a self-portrait of sorts, Halliday skillfully combines elements of his craft in a modest interior view. Halliday was one of the first artists Carrie Haddad began representing when she opened the gallery 27 years ago. Since then he has exhibited nationally and in Europe. He now lives and works in Schodack Landing by way of New Orleans and Nantucket.
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects are carefully composed still lifes, portraits and landscapes which he shoots in black and white film with only natural light. He is a purist behind the lens, rarely manipulating his negatives in any way, and a master in the darkroom. His work has an ethereal quality that's translated not only through the subject, but also by the warm colors and sepia tones he uses in his printing.
A master of light, David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Celebrated for his ‘purist’ eye, he poetically captures the nude male body in a selection of sepia-toned prints from 1996. Rarely revealing the model's face, Halliday prefers to focus on the natural drape of limbs, soft folds of flawless skin, and curvature of the spine. Overall, a stunningly intimate portrayal of the male form done with elegance and charm.
Resume:
Born 1958, Glen Cove, New York
Lives in Schodack Landing, NY
EDUCATION
1998 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1988 The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
1976-79 Syracuse University, New York
1974-76 Wooster School Community Art Center, Danbury, Connecticut
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Threadbare/New Photographs, Arthur Roger Galley, New Orleans, LA
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 The Past Still Present, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2010 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Wessel+O’Connor Fine Art, Lambertville, NJ
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2009 Culinary Delights, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Two Decades: David Halliday, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
2008 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Still-Life, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Watermark Gallery, Houston TX
Strange Fruit: David Halliday and Greg Kuharic...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lemon & Black Olive: Framed Color Still Life Photograph of Fruit & Vegetable
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary still life photograph of a yellow lemon and black olive on a white background
Archival pigment print, edition 18/25
Image size: 6.5 x 8 inches
14.5 x 16 inches in custo...
Category
Early 2000s Modern David Halliday Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Halliday still-life photography for sale on 1stDibs.
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