Artist Talk with Gordon Monroe

The Aiken Center for the Arts welcomes photographer Gordon Monroe as he presents “The History of Visual Communication and the Evolution of Photography”. Gordon chronicles how visual communication has changed over time and the factors that influence those changes. As a photographer, he has witnessed the role photography has played in visual communication and how photography has evolved over time.

Gordon, himself, approaches his photography as a purist. He was born in England of Scottish descent with his inspirations as Richard Avedon, Hiro, Horst, and Irving Penn with whom he worked when he came to New York in his early twenties. He is known for his fashion and beauty work and has been photographing celebrities since his early days with Interview, Andy Warhol’s magazine and advertising agencies. Clients include Lancome, Revlon, Clinique, Judith Lieber, Vidal Sassoon, Bill Blast, Oscar de la Renta and his work has appeared in Time, Life, Vogue, and Bizarre among others. After retiring from commercial work, he and his wife moved to Aiken where he continues his passion, making portraits of horses and teaching.

The Artist Talk will be held in the Brown Pavilion. It is free and open to the public.