Lawson Little
LAWSON CORBETT LITTLE WAS BORN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1945. HE STUDIED LIBERAL ARTS AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE, YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, 1965-68. RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, PROVIDENCE, RI, WHERE HE STUDIED FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HARRY CALLAHAN AND AARON SISKIND, 1968-71. HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF A MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGEE FROM THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 1982-84, WITH A FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP FROM TECHNICOLOR INC.. IN 1979, LAWSON RECEIVED AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP FROM THE DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA TO PHOTOGRAPH NORTHERN IRELAND. LAWSON HAS TAUGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMS AS AN ADJUNCT AND FULL TIME INSTRUCTOR IN APPLIED AND FINE ARTS PROGRAMS AT A NUMBER OF COLLEGE LEVEL INSTITUTIONS. HIS WORK HAS BEEN WIDELY EXHIBITED AND IS INCLUDED IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, LAWSON HAS DEVOTED ALL HIS CREATIVE WORK TOWARD THE MUSIC SCENE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1998-2010
LAWSON LITTLE WITH HIS UNCLE RAYMOND HUGHES AFTER A DAY FISHING ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER’S PICKWICK DAM. AS A CHILD, HE WOULD SPEND HIS SUMMERS IN TENNESSEE ON HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FARM.
THE DECADE OF MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE LAST OF LAWSON’S TRADITIONAL BLACK & WHITE AND COLOR FILM / PRINT PROCESSING TECHNIQUE. PRESENTLY, AFTER 40 YEARS OF DARKROOM PROCESSES, I SCAN MY PAST 35 MM, MEDIUM FORMAT FILM, AND PRINTS IN HIGH RES. DIGITAL SCANNERS. THE FILM CAMERAS USED IN THE MUSIC WORK WERE THE HASSELBLAB SWC, LEICA M3 WITH A COUPLED 35mm RANGE FINDER, 35MM NIKONS, 6x7 PENTAX, AND A 6x7 MAMIYA 7 RANGE FINDER. THE EARLY LIGHTING WAS A BARE-TUBE ON CAMERA FLASH TO REPLICATE THE LIGHT OF 1940s AND 50s PHOTOJOURNALISM. THE BACKSTAGE LIGHTING WAS USUALLY A SINGLE 64” UMBRELLA WITH AN 800ws STROBE POWER PACK. THE BLACK AND WHITE FILM WAS TRI-X AND TMAX 400 PROCESSED IN D-76. THE COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS AND FILM WERE ALL HAND PROCESS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
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