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Douglas Kent Hall
Douglas Kent Hall (December 12, 1938 – March 30, 2008) was an American writer and photographer. His writing mostly focused on fiction, poetry, non-fiction, essays, and screenplays. His first published photographs were of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, and in 1974 his first exhibition was at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Hall published twenty-five books, including two with Arnold Schwarzenegger. His photographs cover subjects such as rock and roll, musicians, rodeo, cowboys, prison, flamenco, bodybuilders, the U.S.-Mexico border, the American West, New Mexico, New York City, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Great Britain, Greece, Russia, Native Americans, writers, and artists. Hall's work also included collaborations with Larry Bell, Bruce Nauman, Terry Allen, and his son Devon Hall.
In 2008, at the time of Hall's unexpected death, solo exhibitions of his photographs hung concurrently at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico; the Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico.
Hall was born in Vernal, Utah to Phyllis Hiatt and Charles William "Peck" Hall. He was the oldest of two children. While Peck Hall was serving in the Navy during World War II, his marriage to Phyllis broke up, and the two boys started living with their maternal grandmother, Beulah Perry. Hall spent his elementary and high school years on rural farms in the Vernal area with his grandparents. He raised sheep and cows that he exhibited and sold at county fairs. Hall participated in rodeo contests during his high school years.
At the age of seventeen, Hall entered Utah State University, Logan to study creative writing. He transferred to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and then to Brigham Young University where he earned his bachelor's degree in English in 1960. At BYU Hall, Hall made friends with Alfred L. Bush and David Stires. Bush became the Curator of Western Americana at the Firestone Library, Princeton University, and Stires became a publishing executive. Hall's undergraduate years included the study of the creative process with Brewster Ghiselin, editor of the book The Creative Process. Hall married Claire Nicholson of Boise, Idaho between his junior and senior years at BYU. The two remained married for ten years. Hall was accepted into the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. For three years, he worked as a special assistant to Paul Engle, director of the program. While at the Writer's Workshop, Hall befriended, among others, Mark Strand, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, Robert Bly, and Adrian Mitchell. Hall wrote and published while at Iowa.
In 1963, Hall commenced a position at the University of Portland teaching Creative Writing and Literature. Hall and Claire moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1964. During his time at the University of Portland, Hall brought poets to the school for readings, including Allen Ginsberg, W. H. Auden, Anaïs Nin, Gary Snyder, Robert Duncan, William Stafford, and Robert Bly. At this time a friend lent Hall a camera and he taught himself photography, studying photographic technique and style. He photographed poets and the group of artists he befriended in Portland, including Lee Kelly, Carl Morris, and Hilda Morris.
Hall's increasing interest in photography led to freelance photographic work. He photographed Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of the Doors for Sun Music, makers of amplifiers. He received commercial and magazine photographic assignments and realized he could dedicate himself to his writing and photography, which led him to leave the world of academia.
In 1967, Hall traveled throughout England, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal with his cameras. He shot his first images in the Dark Landscapes series. In 1968, Hall moved from Portland to London and continued work in advertising and on his series of artist and writer portraits and his art photography. He began formulating the idea of Passing, which dominated most of the philosophy behind his personal work.
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Douglas Kent Hall
Douglas Kent Hall (December 12, 1938 – March 30, 2008) was an American writer and photographer. His writing mostly focused on fiction, poetry, non-fiction, essays, and screenplays. His first published photographs were of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, and in 1974 his first exhibition was at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Hall published twenty-five books, including two with Arnold Schwarzenegger. His photographs cover subjects such as rock and roll, musicians, rodeo, cowboys, prison, flamenco, bodybuilders, the U.S.-Mexico border, the American West, New Mexico, New York City, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Great Britain, Greece, Russia, Native Americans, writers, and artists. Hall's work also included collaborations with Larry Bell, Bruce Nauman, Terry Allen, and his son Devon Hall.
In 2008, at the time of Hall's unexpected death, solo exhibitions of his photographs hung concurrently at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico; the Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico.
Hall was born in Vernal, Utah to Phyllis Hiatt and Charles William "Peck" Hall. He was the oldest of two children. While Peck Hall was serving in the Navy during World War II, his marriage to Phyllis broke up, and the two boys started living with their maternal grandmother, Beulah Perry. Hall spent his elementary and high school years on rural farms in the Vernal area with his grandparents. He raised sheep and cows that he exhibited and sold at county fairs. Hall participated in rodeo contests during his high school years.
At the age of seventeen, Hall entered Utah State University, Logan to study creative writing. He transferred to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and then to Brigham Young University where he earned his bachelor's degree in English in 1960. At BYU Hall, Hall made friends with Alfred L. Bush and David Stires. Bush became the Curator of Western Americana at the Firestone Library, Princeton University, and Stires became a publishing executive. Hall's undergraduate years included the study of the creative process with Brewster Ghiselin, editor of the book The Creative Process. Hall married Claire Nicholson of Boise, Idaho between his junior and senior years at BYU. The two remained married for ten years. Hall was accepted into the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. For three years, he worked as a special assistant to Paul Engle, director of the program. While at the Writer's Workshop, Hall befriended, among others, Mark Strand, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, Robert Bly, and Adrian Mitchell. Hall wrote and published while at Iowa.
In 1963, Hall commenced a position at the University of Portland teaching Creative Writing and Literature. Hall and Claire moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1964. During his time at the University of Portland, Hall brought poets to the school for readings, including Allen Ginsberg, W. H. Auden, Anaïs Nin, Gary Snyder, Robert Duncan, William Stafford, and Robert Bly. At this time a friend lent Hall a camera and he taught himself photography, studying photographic technique and style. He photographed poets and the group of artists he befriended in Portland, including Lee Kelly, Carl Morris, and Hilda Morris.
Hall's increasing interest in photography led to freelance photographic work. He photographed Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of the Doors for Sun Music, makers of amplifiers. He received commercial and magazine photographic assignments and realized he could dedicate himself to his writing and photography, which led him to leave the world of academia.
In 1967, Hall traveled throughout England, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Portugal with his cameras. He shot his first images in the Dark Landscapes series. In 1968, Hall moved from Portland to London and continued work in advertising and on his series of artist and writer portraits and his art photography. He began formulating the idea of Passing, which dominated most of the philosophy behind his personal work.
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