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Artist/Photographer Member Chuck Mintz

Artist Statement: 

Becoming full time in 2008 changed the work in profound ways. Previously, people were anonymous and it was more about the public space. In this new time, the work has become intensely personal - often involving portraiture. This can be seen in The Album Project, Every Place  and in Costumes. It can be soon in new work in progress including Lustron Stories. Every Place begins with my childhood home that, at the time of the photograph, had been empty for years and was in foreclosure.  Today it is a vacant lot.

In addition to being more personal, the work has become less traditionally photographic both in form and method.  So, this is truly a journey which travels from safe commentary on the world around me to the less comfortable environment of my family, my neighborhood and my history.

I understand that much of this work is outside of contemporary photographic practice. When Trevis showed up at the African-American Museum to participate in Precious Objects and wanted to be photographed with his inmate card from 25 years ago to show how far he had come, I knew he was part of the project. Even if the film was blank. Months later I read the poem he wrote that ends “Who are you?” Did he know he was asking me? A year later the day scheduled for me to do an artist talk at the Maltz Museum, Trevis sends me a note since he is not traveling to Cleveland “In spirit”. Who am I, indeed.
 

Becoming full time in 2008 changed the work in profound ways. Previously, the work showed people anonymously and was more about the public space. In this new time, the work has become intensely personal - often involving portraiture. This can be seen in The Album Project, Precious Objects and, still in progress, Costumes. Even Every Place – I Have Ever Lived, where people in the images are largely unrecognizable, is uniquely personal, beginning with my childhood home that was in foreclosure and continuing in all my lifetime neighborhoods the work has become less traditionally photographic both in form and method.

Chuck studied photography at Maine Photographic Workshop, Parsons School of Design, International Center for Photography, Lakeland Community College and Cuyahoga Community College.

He is a director of ICA–Art Conservation in Cleveland, OH and the Cleveland Museum of Art – Friends of Photography. His interest in preservation and conservation is reflected in his service to the ICA and in careful attention to producing work that lasts. Chuck is on the board of WireNet and is a Life Director at Jewish Family Services of Cleveland.

His work can be found in private and corporate collections in North America and Asia, including Bidwell Project -

Chuck is an avid cyclist to help offset the fact that he is an avid eater.

Chuck is represented by:

1point618 Gallery

Sixty.Four.Twenty.One Detroit Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44102

216.281.1618

Publications

Landslide 2011

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