Heavy Metal

1986

American, born 1946

For thirty years Seattle-based photographer Glenn Rudolph has documented the Pacific Northwest, using the camera as a time machine to record evidence of historical and environmental transformation. He considers his work "non-fiction" photography, which explores how people react to changing situations. Rudolph first photographed the Olympic Sculpture Park site in 1986, and was commissioned to record its evolution during the construction of the park in 2005-06. This series of fifteen photographs consists of new images and several selected from the body of work he shot twenty years ago. The pictures portray the human effects of development in downtown Seattle, and document anonymous individuals who live unnoticed in the park, at the edges of public activity.

Glenn Rudolph, a graduate of the University of Washington's School of Art, has spent the last thirty years observing the changing face of the Pacific Northwest. He lives and works in the Seattle area. Rudolph has exhibited his work nationally and his photography has been a regular feature of Northwest exhibitions since the late 1970s, including exhibitions at the Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellevue Art Museums, as well as the Portland Art Museum. These prints will be exhibited at the Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion when it opens.

Gelatin Silver Print

31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1cm)

PONCHO and the Mark Tobey Estate Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2006.40

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, SAM Olympic Sculpture Park, "Elliot and Broad, Neighborhood Scenes", January 20, 2007 - March 9, 2008

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