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In 1983, Bob Kolbrener was granted permission from the Federal Government to photograph the entire Alcatraz Island during its Fiftieth Anniversary as a Federal Penitentiary. Bob Kolbrener esteems 'straight' photography. In his commitment to achieving this he goes out into the landscape as a prepared mind, often reacting quickly to make compositions in response to the fast-changing light and weather events in places of swirling character, such as Yosemite National Park. His photographs are made on film with two medium 2 1/4" and large format 8x10" cameras and tripod, and forgo any enhancement or modern photo-editing to either negative or print. Since 1996 Bob Kolbrener and wife Sharon have resided in the Carmel Highlands on the California coastline, where he continues to take photographs as well as making his own prints in his studio darkroom.

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Bob Kolbrener first experienced the work of Ansel Adams on a trip to California in 1968 and has spent his photographic career exploring the American West since then. In 1973, he joined the Ansel Adams Workshop as an instructor and worked beside photographers Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham, and Yousuf Karsh.

"I look for something that excites me, generally these are short-term weather-related situations which require me to make decisions asap - which lens, which filter to use while trying to organize the composition and visualize the finished print for tonal values. There is no time to waste because the situation in front of me is changing so quickly. After I find the subject which is of interest, I then try to implement Edward Weston's concept of 'seeing plus'. This simply means that I need to find some way of presenting the subject that raises the bar, since everything on this planet has been photographed already, then the GREAT photograph is one that goes beyond the literal. It is a real challenge to succeed and I concur with Edward Weston's concept of 'significant presentation'

Bob Kolbrener

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Rainbow, Bridalveil Fall.

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Education

1963 Attended Washington University – St. Louis, MO

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1975:

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1978

Fontbonne College – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1979

Hunter Museum – Chattanooga, TN

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

Borne ́ Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1981

The Greenberg Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1982

Creve Coeur Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1985

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: From the West . . . People, Places, Other Encounters

1987

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener Photographs: From the Sublime . . .

1988

Camelback Gallery – Phoenix, AR

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1989

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: From the West – A New Crop

1991

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: 100th Anniversary of Yosemite National Park

1992

Toneri Gallery – Sun Valley, ID

Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1993

The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener Photographs: Twenty-Five Years in the American West

1994

Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener: Studio Portraits

2000

Solo Exhibition: Large Scale Black and White Photographs

Bob Kolbrener Photography

The Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA

Bob Kolbrener: To Eradicate Ennui – Large Scale Black and White Photographs

2002

SoHo Triad Fine Arts – New York City, NY

Kolbrener’s Yosemite

2003

Louis Stern Fine Arts – West Hollywood, CA

Kolbrener’s Yosemite

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA

Kolbrener’s Yosemite

Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA

Bob Kolbrener: Photographs in the Tradition of Ansel Adams

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Carmel, CA

Solo Exhibition: Large Scale Black and White Photographs

2007

Fireside Gallery, Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA

Bob Kolbrener: Master Photographer

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA

Bob Kolbrener: From the Mountains to the Sea

2008

Fireside Gallery, Highlands Inn - Carmel, CA

Bob Kolbrener: From the Mountains to the Sea

Metro Art Gallery – Hong Kong

Bob Kolbrener – Master Photographer

2010

Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA

Picturing the West: Photography by Bob Kolbrener

The Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA

Bob Kolbrener: Seeing the Sea

2011

Xiang Sha Wan Art Palace – Inner Mongolia, China

Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

Yun Tai Shan Photography Festival - Zhengzhou, China

Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

2012

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA

Bob Kolbrener: When Meadows Turn White

Wine Art Center, Tianjin, China

Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

2012

Mino Gallery – Kunming, China

Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

Beijing 798 – Third Eye Photo Gallery – Beijing, China

Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

2013

California State Library – Sacramento, CA

Living by the Sun - The Western Landscape Photographs of Bob Kolbrener

Galerie Antoine Proulx – Scottsdale, AZ

Solo Exhibition

2014

Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA

Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography

photo la, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Gallery of Classic Photography – Moscow, Russia

Solo Exhibition

Fresno Art Museum

Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography

Booth Western Art Museum – Cartersville, GA

Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

2016

Causey Contemporary, New York, NY

Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

2017

POP International Galleries, New York, NY

Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

2018

The Gallery at Ventana, Big Sur, CA

Solo Exhibition

Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA

Solo Exhibition

Selected Group Exhibitions

1974:

Cypress College – Los Angeles, CA, Two-man show with Brett Weston

Ralston Purina Company – St. Louis, MO, Group Exhibition

1976

The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO

Missouri Photographers’ Group Exhibition

1977

Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA

Photographs from the Polaroid Collection

1979

Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA

New Acquisitions – The Polaroid Collection

1986

The Hays Art Council – Hays, KS

Five State Photography Exhibition

1989

The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO

The Developing Eye: 150 Years of Photography; Selected Images

1990

The Arkansas Arts Center – Little Rock, AK

Legacy; 15 Proteges of Ansel Adams

1995

Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Mural Photographs – Premier Exhibition

1996

Elliot Smith Contemporary Art – St. Louis, MO

The Alcatraz Portfolio

1996

Moved to the Carmel Highlands, CA to continue

Fine Art Photography full time

1999

The Suwa Art Museum – Suwa, Japan

Quest for Lost Image : Nudes – West Coast Photographers

2000

Weston Gallery – Carmel, CA

Selected Images

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

2001

SoHo Triad Fine Arts – New York City, NY

Group Exhibition

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

2002

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

2003

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – Scottsdale, AZ

Ansel Adams: Classic Images and Contemporary Photographers

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

High Museum of Art – Atlanta, GA

Ansel Adams and His Legacy

2004

Nanao Art Museum – Nanao, Japan

Group Exhibition

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

De Arno Gallery – Jakarta, Indonesia

Group Exhibition

Lishui International Art Photography Festival – China

Guest of Honor

2005

Trierenberg Super Circuit Exhibition – Austria

Black and White Photographs – Special Recognition: Landscape/Nudes

Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA

25th Anniversary Show

Group Exhibition

2006

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Carmel, CA

Group Exhibition

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

2007

The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA

Group Exhibition

Alan Klotz Gallery – New York City, NY

Group Exhibition

Michele Mosko Fine Art – Denver, CO

Group Exhibition

2008

The Arts Company - Nashville, TN

Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West

Alan Klotz Gallery – New York City, NY

Group Exhibition

2009

Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA

Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West

Michele Mosko Fine Art – Denver, CO

Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West

The Ansel Adams Gallery

Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West

Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA

Group Exhibition

2010

Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA

Picturing the West – Classic and Contemporary Photographs

Group Exhibition

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

American Photography: Selections from the Wells Fargo Art Collection

Group Exhibition

2011

Pamela Lerner Antiques – Bellport, NY

From the Mountains to the Sea

Classic Gallery - Moscow, Russia

American Landscape Photography

Group Exhibition

2012

Dali Photo Festival, Yunnan Province, China

Group Exhibition

2013

ShiJiaZhuang Art Museum – ShiJiaZhuang, China

American Life

Group Exhibition

2014

Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA

Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography

photo la, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibition

The Arts Company, Nashville, TN

Group Exhibition

National Art Museum of China – Beijing, China

Straight Photography 1839 - 2014

Group Exhibition

2015

Seijong Art Center – Seoul, Korea

Preserving the Vision: A Trio of Photographers

Group Exhibition

2016

Berlanga Fine Art, Chicago, IL

Les Femmes

Group Exhibition

The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA

A Great Certainty: Photographs Commemorating 100 Years of National Park Service Stewardship

Group Exhibition

Causey Contemporary, New York, NY

Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA

Night Vision: Photographing in the Dark

Group Exhibition

2017

Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

Vision of Place

The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA

Creating Wilderness

2018

Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA

Fire & Water

Group Exhibition

Selected Collections And Publications
  • Polaroid print published: Ansel Adams Polaroid Land Photography 1978
  • Bob Kolbrener Photographs: Twenty-Five Years in the American West; Exhibition Catalog published by The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO 1993
  • View Camera Magazine – Feature Article 1997
  • Seven Seas Magazine, Japan – Feature Article 1999
  • B&W Magazine – Feature Article 2000
  • Art News – Review “Kolbrener’s Yosemite” – New York Exhibition 2002
  • Kolbrener’s Yosemite – Coffee Table Book; self-published to pay homage to Ansel Adams 2002
  • Sharon – Coffee Table Book; self-published 2002
  • National Geographic Adventure Magazine – Cover Photograph:The Devils Tower National Monument 2002
  • Roots of California Photography: The Monterey Legacy; Film produced by the Monterey Museum of Art – CA 2002
  • B&W Magazine – Book Review: Kolbrener’s Yosemite 2003
  • Metro Magazine – Phoeniz, AZ – Featured Photographer – Premier Issue 2003
  • Popular Photography Magazine – U.S.A. – Feature Article 2004
  • Central Coast Magazine – California – Feature Article 2004
  • Picture Perfect – Collecting Art and Photography by Stephanie Hoppen 2004
  • THE POLAROID BOOK-TASCHEN; SELECTIONS FROM THE POLAROID COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2005
  • Popular Photography Magazine – China – Feature Article 2005
  • Carmel Magazine – Feature Article – Holiday 2008
  • From the Mountains to the Sea: The Making of 40 Great Photographs, published by the China Photographic Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2008
  • The Tennessean – Feature Article – November 16, 2008
  • Photo Magazine – Hong Kong – Feature Article Fall/Winter 2008
Teaching

Bob has been a guest instructor at several colleges and institutions including: 

  • Washington University
  • University of Missouri
  • Saint Louis Art Museum
  • Bakersfield Museum of Art
  • The Booth Western Art Museum
Connect

Please reach out to us at info@anseladams.com for more information on how to connect with Bob Kolbrener

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Lightning, Devil's Tower.
Lightning, Devil's Tower.
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Clearing Storm, Monument Valley.
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Clearing Storm, Monument Valley.
Clearing Storm, Monument Valley.

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Mirror Lake, Yosemite.
Mirror Lake, Yosemite.
Mirror Lake, Yosemite.
Mirror Lake, Yosemite.

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Clouds over Yosemite.
 

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Upper Yosemite Falls, 2003.
Upper Yosemite Falls, 2003.
Upper Yosemite Falls, 2003.
Upper Yosemite Falls, 2003.

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Bridalveil Fall, YNP 1974.
Bridalveil Fall, YNP 1974.
Bridalveil Fall, YNP 1974.
Bridalveil Fall, YNP 1974.

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