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David
Scheinbaum
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| David Scheinbaum has been photographing and teaching photography since the early l970s. Born and raised in New York City, he moved to Santa Fe in 1978 to work with Beaumont Newhall and was Newhall's assistant until his death in 1993. Early in his career, inspired by his grandfather, Scheinbaum photographed in Miami Beach, telling the story of a retirement community that was the dream of many of the immigrants that came to America in the late l800s and early l900s. The work culminated in the book "Miami Beach: Photographs of An American Dream" (Florida International Press, 1990). When Scheinbaum moved to New Mexico, he was intrigued by the vastness and age of the land. Thus began a long fascination with a very special region of the Southwest: the Bisti Badlands. Incredibly sparse and arid, this part of the San Juan Basin is known for its strange land formations and archaeological treasures. In response to the threat of destruction by mining interests, Scheinbaum gathered together a group of scientists; with their text and his photographs, he created "Bisti", published by the University of New Mexico Press in l987. The book was accompanied by a traveling exhibition of Scheinbaum's photographs, organized by the Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque. At the same time, he produced the Bisti Portfolio containing 10 gelatin silver prints, in an edition of 20, with five artist proofs.  In 1990, with wife Janet Russek, Scheinbaum photographed Ghost Ranch in Northern New Mexico. The project culminated in the publication, Ghost Ranch: Land of Light, Balcony Press and a traveling museum exhibition organized by the Albuquerque Museum. A self-taught black-and-white printer, David printed for Eliot Porter under his direct supervision, and for Beaumont Newhall, printing both Beaumont and his late wife, Nancy Newhall's photographs. Currently Scheinbaum's small format panoramas concentrate on the subject of stone in landscape and architecture of ancient and modern civilizations. The prints are toned and waxed to increase depth and extend the palette. Each print is unique. |
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