Arthur Tress (born November 24, 1940) is an American photographer. He is known for his staged surrealism and exposition of the human body.
Table of Contents
- 1 Career
- 1.1 Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage : Photographs 1956-2000
- 1.2 Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector
- 1.3 Arthur Tress Transrealites (English and French Edition)
- 1.4 Arthur Tress
- 1.5 Male of the Species: Four Decades of Photography by Arthur Tress
- 1.6 Arthur Tress Transrealites (French Edition)
- 1.7 Fish Tank Sonata by Arthur Tress (2000-12-07)
- 1.8 Teapot Opera
- 1.9 SKATE PARK - BY ARTHUR TRESS
- 1.10 Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964
Career
While living in France, he traveled to Japan, Africa, Mexico, and throughout Europe. He was intrigued by the various roles that the shamans played in the lives of different tribes and cultures. The cultures to which he was introduced would play a role in his later work. Tress spent the spring and summer of 1964 in San Francisco, documenting the 1964 Republican National Convention that nominated Barry Goldwater, civil rights demonstrations at segregated car dealerships on Van Ness Avenue, and The Beatles’ 1964 world tour. Tress took over 900 photographs that were later shelved until 2009 when he rediscovered a stack of vintage prints while organising his sister’s estate after her death. The work was subsequently exhibited at San Francisco’s de Young Museum.
In the late 1960s, he made a series of surreal photographs about children’s dreams, using staged scenarios.
Tress resided in Cambria, California, for 25 years, and now lives in San Francisco.
Last update 2021-08-06