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Gregory Colbert is a film-maker and photographer born in Toronto, Canada in 1960, best known as the creater of Ashes and Snow, an exhibition of photographs and films. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ashes and Snow by Canadian artist Gregory Colbert is an installation of photographic artworks films and a novel in letters that travels in the Nomadic Museum

Gregory Colbert, Namibia.
Gregory Colbert, Namibia.


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Career

Colbert began his career in Paris in 1983 making documentary films on social issues. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Film-making led to fine arts photography. His first exhibition, Timewaves, opened in 1992 at the Museum of Elysée in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

For the next ten years, Colbert did not publicly exhibit his art or show any films. Instead, he traveled to such places as India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Dominica, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tonga, Namibia, and Antarctica to film and photograph interactions between human beings and animals. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an Island nation in the Caribbean Sea. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast Since 1992, he has launched more than forty such expeditions.

In 2002, Colbert presented his work, Ashes and Snow, in Venice, Italy. An April 9, 2002 review in The Globe and Mail states, “[Colbert] unveiled Ashes and Snow, an exhibition of images and photographs unprecedented in both scope and scale. Covering 12,600 square meters, it is billed as one of the largest one-man shows in the history of Europe. ”[1]

In spring 2005 the show opened on the Hudson River Park's Pier 54 in New York City in the Nomadic Museum, a temporary structure built expressly to house the exhibition. The Nomadic Museum is a temporary structure used to house the Ashes and Snow photography and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert.

The exhibition and the museum have since migrated to Santa Monica, California, Tokyo, and Mexico City, with future destinations planned in Latin America, Asia, and Europe. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico

The latest Ashes and Snow exhibition closed in Mexico City on April 27, 2008. As reported by El Universal, El Mañana, and Reforma the Ashes and Snow photographic exhibition concluded in 100 days and hosted nearly 8 million people. Ashes and Snow by Canadian artist Gregory Colbert is an installation of photographic artworks films and a novel in letters that travels in the Nomadic Museum [2]

Reception has been mixed: About Colbert Photo Magazine declared, “A new master is born,”[3][4] it has been described as "extraordinary" by the Economist, and "distinctive . The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London . . monumental in every sense" by the Wall Street Journal; but in 2005 the New York Times described it as "spectacularly vacuous. . . an exercise in conspicuous narcissism. "[5]. . although regarding the exhibition in 2008, the New York Times has been quoted saying “The power of the images comes less from their formal beauty than from the way they envelop the viewer in their mood. . . . They are simply windows to a world in which silence and patience govern time. ”[6]

Ashes and Snow at the Nomadic Museum will reopen in Brazil at the end of 2008. Ashes and Snow by Canadian artist Gregory Colbert is an installation of photographic artworks films and a novel in letters that travels in the Nomadic Museum The Nomadic Museum is a temporary structure used to house the Ashes and Snow photography and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld

Awards

2005 Photography Curator of the Year Awarded to Gregory Colbert for Ashes and Snow at Pier 54[7]

2006 Westside Prize - Urban Solutions Built Work Honor (top prize)[8]

Los Angeles Business Journal 36th Annual Architecture Awards 2006 First Prize - Public Use Civic also awarded The Community Impact Award[9]

Gold Award - Environments also awarded Best in Show[10]

Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Museum or Touring Attraction[11]

Nominated by Jeremy Irons Awarded on September 8th -5 Films nominated[12]


Website Awards (ashesandsnow. com)

Silver Medal for ashesandsnow. org Category- “Website: Entertainment, Arts & Tourism”[13]

“Arts Standard of Excellence” Outstanding Achievement in website development Critical Mass Ashes and Snow[14]

March 1st, 2006[15]

January 22nd, 2006[16]


External links

References

  1. ^ The Globe and Mail: Canadian artist Gregory Colbert's photographs are the subject of a giant exhibit in Venice. And you probably haven't heard of him, writes SIMON HOUPT (2002–).
  2. ^ El Mañana: Acaba Museo Nómada su peregrinar (2008–).
  3. ^ Photo Magazine: Gregory Colbert La Révélation (Cover) (2005–).
  4. ^ Photo Magazine: Gregory Colbert La Révélation (Full Article) (2005–).
  5. ^ New York Timesreview of Ashes and Snow, March 12, 2005 When Nature Becomes a Looking Glass: A Tour Through the Exotic Elsewhere (2005–).
  6. ^ New York Times review of Ashes and Snow, May 23, 2008, Dances With Whales (2008–).
  7. ^ Lucie Awards (2005–).
  8. ^ Westside Urban Forum (2006–).
  9. ^ LABC Awards (2006–).
  10. ^ 2006 IDSA IDEA BusinessWeek Awards (2006–).
  11. ^ THEA AWARD 2006 (2006–).
  12. ^ Venice Film Festival.
  13. ^ Digital Marketing Awards 2006 (2006–).
  14. ^ The Web Marketing Association 2006 WebAward (2006–).
  15. ^ Yahoo! Site “Pick of the Day” (2006–).
  16. ^ The FWA “Site of the Day” (2006–).
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