Andy Hanson Photography Exhibit a Highlight of Dallas Summer Musicals’ 68th Season

The fabulous photography of Andy Hanson will be exhibited at the Music Hall at Fair Park throughout the Dallas Summer Musicals’ 2008 season, which runs through the State Fair of Texas musical, “The Color Purple,” September 30-October 19. An opening reception will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 prior to the 8 p.m. opening of “Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash,” at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Photos of Johnny Cash and of the Beatles, who were in Dallas for a 1964 press conference, are included in the exhibit.

Andy Hanson has probably photographed more people than anyone in Dallas. Since the 1950s, he has taken pictures of events, street scenes, news stories and people from politicians to movie stars to socialites. He was the society photographer for The Dallas Times Herald from 1960 until 1992 when the paper shut down after being sold to the competition.

Of special interest to longtime patrons of the Dallas Summer Musicals are Hanson’s photos of many of the stars who appeared at the Music Hall at Fair Park, including Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Sandie Duncan, Judy Garland, Ann Miller, Ginger Rogers, Van Johnson, Jim Nabors, Mickey Rooney, and Tommy Tune.

In a recent article in The Dallas Morning News, the writer said “Hanson’s photographs are not just stills of moments in time, but rather are well-composed works of art that are shot the old-fashioned way, with black and white film, and are developed in a darkroom.”

Andy Hanson has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Dallas Historical Society Excellence in the Creative Arts Category, for his work.

The Dallas Historical Society’s popular exhibition “Andy Hanson-40 Years Behind the Lens” at the Hall of State at Fair Park during the 2007 State Fair of Texas, was one of the most visited on the fairgrounds. His book, “Andy Hanson, Another Side” contains his life story and a number of fascinating photographs. Autographed copies of the book are available for purchase at the Music Hall during the exhibit.

ABOUT ANDY HANSON

Andy Hanson is Dallas’ most notable and popular society photographer. He is an accomplished photojournalist with an exceptional eye for composition and an intuitive ability to capture the decisive moment in a single image.

Born in Falfurrias, Texas in 1932, he has been a professional photographer for over fifty-three years. His photojournalism career began while he was a student at the University of Houston, with a part time job at the Houston Post. After graduation in 1955, he worked full time at the Post. At the age of 28, Andy decided to leave Houston.

In May, 1960 Andy Hanson moved to Dallas, interviewed at the Dallas Times Herald to join their new photography department, and was hired immediately and sent out on assignment. And for the ensuing 31 years, until the newspaper closed its doors in 1991, Andy photographed prolifically – producing hundreds of thousands of photographs with his unique brand of photojournalistic humanism.

In 1996, The Texas/Dallas History Division of the Dallas Public Library purchased over 23,000 photographs and an estimated 11,000 rolls of film from Andy Hanson taken between the years 1960 and 1990. This constitutes the largest single collection at the Library available to the public that chronicles Dallas during these decades. Hanson’s vast portfolio includes national and local politicians, notable business leaders, singers, musicians, television stars, sports heroes, comedians, authors, artists and opera virtuosi to name a few.

THE ANDY HANSON COLLECTION

AT PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES LAB & GALLERY

Located near the “Miracle Mile” on Lovers Lane in Dallas, Texas, Photographic Archives Lab & Gallery is celebrating its nineteenth year representing local and regional photographic artists and collections. Highlights of the Gallery over the years have included special promotional exhibitions for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Zoological Society, the Museum of Natural History at Fair Park, and the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man at SMU. The Gallery also proudly produced two nationwide traveling exhibitions; “Gleaning Light: A Survey Of Contemporary Pinhole Photography” (1996) and “Myron Wood: Inner Light, Photographs of the Cultures and Landscapes of the Southwest” (1997).

Andy Hanson has been a regularly featured artist at Photographic Archives Gallery since 1990. His notable one-person shows include Hanson’s Hollywood (1990), Birthday Celebration (1992), Celebrity Contact (1994), Under The Rainbow (1996), JFK Revisited (1997) and Andy Hanson: Another Side (2003).

ORDERING PRINTS from the ANDY HANSON COLLECTION

The vast majority of Andy Hanson images available for purchase are printed directly from his original 35mm or 120mm negatives maintained in the vaults at the Gallery. In the instance that original negatives do not exist, reproductions are produced from large format copy negatives made directly from Hanson’s vintage prints.

All reproductions are printed on double weight fiber-base photographic paper and processed to archival standards for maximum permanence. Prints are offered in an open edition, with Andy Hanson’s signature in the print margin and/or on the verso. Prints are available in the following sizes:

8 x 10 inches $ 300.00
11 x 14 inches $ 400.00
16 x 20 inches $ 750.00
20 x 24 inches $ 1,250.00

Prices listed above are subject to increase on an annual basis in accordance with Andy Hanson’s updated price structure for his photographs. Please call for current price quote.

Contact: Andy Reisberg (214) 352-3167
5117 West Lovers Lane

Andy Hanson with concert photo of Elvis

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