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Indepth Arts News:
"Couples: Photographs by Mariana Cook"
2000-09-23 until 2000-11-26
Center for Creative Photography
Tucson, AZ,
USA
Photographer Mariana Cook has received national acclaim for her portraits of mothers and sons,
fathers and daughters, and generations of women. This fall, the exhibition Couples: Photographs by Mariana Cook, on view
at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona from September 23 through November 26, 2000,
premieres a selection of Cook's intimate yet still formal portrait photographs of couples from across the country. The work
depicts both famous couples and everyday people in images that explore the combined identity of individuals who have
committed to live their lives together. The sitters represent diverse ages and ethnicities, and a range of partnerships that
they reflect upon in personal, written narratives that accompany the exhibition prints.
The Center is pleased to present this engaging project from Mariana Cook, who has never before exhibited in Arizona, said
Nancy Lutz, Acting Director, Center for Creative Photography. This show will have enormous appeal for all generations of
visitors as it speaks to what is extraordinary in every relationship.
Couples: Photographs by Mariana Cook features famous couples—such as the painters Elaine and Willem de Kooning,
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan and journalist Andrea Mitchell, architect Philip Johnson and curator
David Whitney, and artist Maya Lin and art dealer Daniel Wolf—and other personalities such as retired seamstress and
factory worker Maria and Luigi Cambareri, poet Melanie Hope and filmmaker Catherine Gund, and wolf and bear trainers
Lynne and Doug Seus. The New York Times said Cook's images achieve a surprising diversity, both emotional and
formal, despite a simple style whose main unifying characteristic is the black backdrop deployed in nearly every shot.
Cook's work has been exhibited nationally at the Adelson Gallery, New York; The Jewish Museum, New York; Ellis Island,
New York; and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., among others. It can also be found in the collections of the
Museum of Modern Art, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston; Los Angeles County Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington and London. Her photographs have been published in dozens of magazines such as American Photo, The
New York Times Magazine, Glamour and The New Yorker. Cook's books include Generations of Women, Mothers and
Sons, and Fathers and Daughters (all from Chronicle Books). She lives in New York City.
Couples: Photographs by Mariana Cook is organized by the artist, with funding support from the Richard & Rhoda Goldman
Fund. It is presented as part of CCP's 25th Anniversary year, which runs through the end of 2001. During this celebration,
CCP is presenting a dozen exhibitions, publications, and many educational programs and special events, each accenting
aspects of CCP’s history, mission, collections and programs.
IMAGE:
Photograph by Mariana Cook.
Santana and Adam Martinez.
© 1996 Mariana Cook.
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