Peterson, Christian A. 1953-

PERSONAL:

Born July 12, 1953, in Norfolk, VA. Education: University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, B.F.A., 1976; Syracuse University, M.A., 1982.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404.

CAREER:

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, staff member, beginning 1980, became associate curator of photographs.

WRITINGS:

Pictorialism in America: The Minneapolis Salon of Photography, 1932-1946, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1983.

The Creative Camera Art of Max Thorek, Thorek Memorial Foundation, 1984.

Edward Steichen: The Portraits, Art Museum Association (San Francisco, CA), 1984.

"Camera Work": Process and Image, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1985.

Photographs Beget Photographs, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1987.

The Lyrical Documents of Robert Gene Wilcox, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.

The Modern Pictorialism of D.J. Ruzicka, Thomson Galerie Hlavniho Mesta (Prague, Czech Republic), 1990.

Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," W.W. Norton (New York, NY), 1993.

Index to the Annuals of the Pictorial Photographers of America, privately printed, 1993.

The Pictorial Artistry of Adolf Fassbender, Fassbender Foundation (Nutley, NJ), 1994.

(Editor) Index to the American Annual of Photography, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1996.

After the Photo-Secession: American Pictorial Photography, 1910-1955, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1997.

The Poetics of Vision: Photographs from the Collection of Harry M. Drake, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1997.

Chaining the Sun: Portraits by Jeremiah Gurney, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 1999.

Walker Evans: The Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 2003.

The Quiet Landscapes of William B. Post, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN), 2005.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Burlington, October, 1998, review of After the Photo-Secession: American Pictorial Photography, 1910-1955, p. 704.

Choice, January, 1994, review of Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," p. 767; September, 1997, review of After the Photo-Secession, p. 113.

Library Journal, June 15, 1997, review of After the Photo-Secession, p. 64.

Los Angeles Times Book Review, January 16, 1994, review of Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," p. 14.

Observer (London, England), review of Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," p. 18.

Petersen's Photographic, June, 1997, review of Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," p. 41.

Washington Post Book World, January 19, 1997, review of Alfred Stieglitz's "Camera Notes," p. 12.