Liliane De Cock | American born in Belgium, 1939 - 2013
Under the guidance of Ansel Adams and with a 4 x 5 inch camera lent to her by the artist, De Cock began photographing the landscape and soon developed a unique vision and printing style which utilizes the full tonal scale of the medium with a strong attention to the melancholic values. In his introduction to her 1973 monograph, Adams writes; "De Cock presents to us a personal, private world. It is a world of individualistic beauty and intensity." This world is found in both her vision and subsequent prints.
De Cock was awarded numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. Her photographs were exhibited in important solo exhibitions at the George Eastman House (1970), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971), and the Amon Carter Museum (1973).
Under the guidance of Ansel Adams and with a 4 x 5 inch camera lent to her by the artist, De Cock began photographing the landscape and soon developed a unique vision and printing style which utilizes the full tonal scale of the medium with a strong attention to the melancholic values. In his introduction to her 1973 monograph, Adams writes; "De Cock presents to us a personal, private world. It is a world of individualistic beauty and intensity." This world is found in both her vision and subsequent prints.
De Cock was awarded numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. Her photographs were exhibited in important solo exhibitions at the George Eastman House (1970), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971), and the Amon Carter Museum (1973).