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“The images are more than visual; they are loaded with content, stories, and evoke emotions rarely projected. This is much more than a collection of excellent photographs: in a quiet way, it tells the story of everyday with high drama". HAL BOX, FAIA, former Dean of the School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
“His imagery is magically – as well as vibrantly, lyrically, evocatively and, yes, obsessively – poetic. Architecture may have been the subject by which Volk chose to define a significant portion of his ‘professional’ career, but his concerns remain truly modern and touch upon all things from history, symbology, philosophy, music and, thank goodness, art itself. He speaks and photographs in the voice of all these humane and ‘caring’ concerns and, as such, has found the poetry of life and light itself". ROY FLUKINGER, Senior Curator of Photography, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
About Leonard Volk
Leonard Volk was born in Dallas in 1928. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies in 1949, and from MIT with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1959. Volk served in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps from 1952 to 1955 and discovered his passion for photography in Limburg, Germany while he was traveling Europe. Volk purchased his first professional camera in 1950, a Leica IIIc.
After studying architecture at MIT, Volk returned to Dallas and practiced architecture for 30 years while leading a volunteer career while working on community goals, neighborhood improvement, and affordable housing. Since retiring from architecture and volunteering in 1955, Volk has focused on personal photography, working on a backlog of images accumulated since 1950 and publishing a photography and essay book, Everyday. Volk will be discussing Everyday and the inspiration behind it.
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