gear and casual clothing line, Weber shows the all
American type, young subjects fishing, surfing,
playing on farms, riding bikes, and barbequing
while wearing the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing.
He photographs a version of the American dream,
of liberated careless youths who also happen to be
stylishly dressed.
Because Weber habitually shoots out-of-doors,
some of his work can also be seen as landscape pho-
tography. Weber has shot consistently on location in
upstate New York, southern Florida, and Montana,
to provide a diverse mix of vegetation and archi-
tecture. Examples of this are perhaps best seen in
Weber’s work, Roadside America, for which he
drove cross-country with a group of young models.
Weber also occasionally includes photographs of his
golden retrievers within the nature. He has produced
two books of his photographs of dogs in nature,Gen-
tle GiantsandBear Pond.
Weber’s film career is also an important part of
his artistic production. His films are often dark and
realist takes made in black and white. InLet’s Get
Lost, Weber focuses on the struggle of a young male
protagonist in short dramatic documentary style
feature. Weber has also directed videos for Chris
Isaak and the Pet Shop Boys and created a total of
11 books of photographs and writing.
RachelWardSeealso:Arbus, Diane; Fashion Photography; Por-
traiture
Biography
Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania March 29, 1946. Studied
at The New School, New York, with Lisette Model. Also
attended New York University Art and Film Schools,
New York; Hunn School, Princeton, New Jersey, and
Denison University, Ohio. Has been recognized by the
Council of Fashion Designers of America for Achieve-
ment in Photography. He was a 1984 recipient of the
American Society of Magazines Photographer’s Fashion
Photographer of the Year, the 1988 Venice Film Festival
Critics Award forLet’s Get Lost, 1989 Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, nomination forLet’s
Get Lost, 1998Life Magazine, 1st Annual Alfred Eisen-
stadt Award Portrait Photography Winner. He lives and
works in Miami, Florida, upstate New York, and on a
private retreat in Montana.Individual Exhibitions
1974 Body Builders; Razor Gallery, New York, New York
1984 Athletes; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York
Athletes; Olympus Center, London, England
Athletes; Galerie Texbraun, Paris, France
1986 New Work; Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
1987 O Rio de Janeiro; PPS Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
1988 Bruce Weber; Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Muse ́e de l’Elyse ́e; Lausanne, Switzerland
1989 Frankfurter Kunstvereins Gallery; Frankfurt, Germany
1991–1992 Parco Exposure Gallery; Tokyo, Japan, and tra-
veled to Parade Gallery, Sapporo; Parco Gallery, Nagoya;
Art Space, Osaka, Japan
1994 Gentle Giants; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New
York
Never Never Land; Galleria Photology, Milan, Italy
1997 Branded Youth and Other Stories; National Portrait
Gallery, London, England
2000 Shufly; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New YorkGroup Exhibitions
1973 Floating Foundation of Photography; New York,
New York
1981 Nudes; Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York,
1982 Portraits; Grey Art and Study Center, New York
University, New York, New York
1985 Messages from 1985; Light Gallery, New York, New York
Das Aktfoto;Museumfu ̈r Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany,
Shots of Style; Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
England
1986 Rules of the Game: Culture Defining Gender; Amherst
College, Amherst, Massachusetts
1987 1987 Biennial Exhibition; Whitney Museum of Amer-
ican Art, New York, New York
1988 PORTRAIT: Faces of the 80s; Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Portrait of a Woman; Museum of Modern Art, Paris,
France
1989 Images of Desire: Portrayals in Recent Advertising;
Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Photography Now; Victoria and Albert Museum, Lon-
don, England
1990 The Indomitable Spirit; The International Center of
Photography, New York, New York, and traveling
Fashion in Photography; Kunstforum Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
Photographie: de la Re ́clame a` la Publicite ́; Centre
Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1992 This Sporting Life, 1878–1989; High Museum of Art,
Atlanta, Georgia, and traveled to Museum of Fine Arts,
Springfield, Massachusetts; Delaware Art Museum, Wil-
mington, Delaware; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
New York
The Silhouette Selection: Recent Celebrity Photogra-
phy 1979–1992; Exh. cat. Museum of the Moving Image;
Astoria, New York
1993 The Image of the Body; Frankfurter Kunstverein,
Frankfurt, Germany
1995 Fashion is a Verb!; Exh. cat. Fashion Institute of Tech-
nology, New York, New YorkSelected Works
Beverly Peele and Another Bad Creation as Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs, 1991
Talisa Soto and Hickson, 1989
Broken Noses, 1987WEBER, BRUCE