Quote: "Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey an enlightened experience. My emphasis has mainly been on affirmative reactions to human behavior and a strong attraction to the beauty in nature."
Dennis Stock joined Magnum Photos in 1951 and became a full Member in 1954.

Dennis Stock
American, b. 1928

Dennis Stock was born in 1928 in New York City. At the age of 17, he left home to join the United States Navy. In 1947 he became an apprentice to Life magazine photographer Gjon Mili and won first prize in Life's Young Photographers contest. He joined Magnum in 1951.

Stock managed to evoke the spirit of America through his memorable and iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, most notably James Dean. From 1957 to 1960 Stock made lively portraits of jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Gene Krupa and Duke Ellington for his book Jazz Street. In 1968 Stock took a leave of absence from Magnum to create Visual Objectives, a film production company, and he shot several documentaries. In the late 1960s he captured the attempts of California hippies to reshape society according to ideals of love and caring. Then throughout the 1970s and 1980s he worked on color books, emphasizing the beauty of nature through details and landscape. In the 1990s he went back to his urban origins, exploring the modern architecture of large cities. His work is now mostly focused on the abstraction of flowers.

Stock has generated a book or an exhibition almost every year since the 1950s. He has taught numerous workshops and exhibited his work widely in France, Germany, Italy, the United States and Japan. He has worked as a writer, director and producer for television and film, and his photographs have been acquired by most major museum collections. He served as president of Magnum's film and new media division in 1969 and 1970.

Dennis Stock currently resides in Woodstock, New York, and is married to the author Susan Richards.

Awards

1991 Advertising Photographers of America, USA
1962 1st Prize, International Photography Competition, Poland.
1951 1st Prize, "Life" Young Photographers Contest, USA

Exhibitions

2006 Dennis Stock’s James Dean Fifty Years Ago – International Arts and Artists,
Washington, D.C., USA
2005/06 James Dean Comes Home – Photographs – Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis,
USA
2004 Retrospective-Dennis Stock – Hacklebury Gallery, London, UK
1999/00 Dennis Stock: Photo Essayist – Staley Wise Gallery, New York City, USA
1995 Galleria II Diaframma, Milan, Italy
1995 Espace Photographique de Paris, Paris, France
1995 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1994/96 Made in U.S.A.: 1951 to 1971- Schirm Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany;
thereafter major cities in Germany
1992/94 La Tour Des Cardinaux, L'Isle Sur La-Sorgue, France; Mitsukoshi/Tokyo; thereafter
major cities in Japan
1990 Office Departmental de la Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
1987 Urban Gallery, New York City, USA
1985 Photofind Gallery, Woodstock, New York, USA
1977 Retrospective - International Center of Photography, New York City, USA
1976 Alpha Cubic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1974 Sony Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1973 Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock, New York, USA
1967/74 The Sun - originated at Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA
1970 De Young Museum, San Francisco, California, USA
1966 Form Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1963 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, USA
George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
National Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA

Books
2005 James Dean: Fifty Years Ago, Harry N. Abrams, USA;
(James Dean), La Martinière, France
1995 Made in U.S.A., Cantz, Germany/USA
1989 New England Memories, Bulfinch Press, USA
1988 Provence Memories, New York Graphic Society, USA;
(Provence), Le Chêne, France
1988 Hawaii, Harry N. Abrams, USA
1986 Flower Show, Rizzoli, USA; (Impressions, fleurs), Mengès, France
1982 I Grandi Fotografi : Dennis Stock, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri , Italy
1981 Saint Francis of Assisi/Franziskus: Der Mann aus Assisi, Harper & Row, USA; Reich
Verlag, Switzerland
1980 America Seen, Contrejour, France
1978 Alaska, Harry N. Abrams, USA
1978/87 James Dean Revisited, Viking Press/Penguin Books, USA; Shirmer &
Mosel/Chronicle Books, USA
1976 This Land of Europe, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
1976 Voyage Poétique à Travers le Japon d'Autrefois, Office du Livre, Switzerland
1974 California: the Golden Coast, Viking Press/Studio Book, USA
1974 The Circle of Seasons, Viking Press, USA
1974 Brother Sun, Sierra Club Books, USA
1974 A Haiku Journey, Kodansha International, Japan/USA
1972 Edge of Life: World of the Estuary, Sierra Club Books, USA
1972 National Parks Centennial Portfolio, Sierra Club Books, USA
1972 Living Our Future : Francis of Assisi, Franciscan Herald, USA
1970 California Trip, Grossman Publishers, USA
1970 The Alternative, Collier-Macmillan, UK
1963 The Happy Year, Channel Press, Inc., USA
1960 Jazz Street, Doubleday, USA
1959 Plaisir du Jazz, La Guilde du Livre, France
1959 Jazz Welt, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Germany
1956 Portrait of a Young Man, James Dean, Kadokawa Shoten, USA