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Overview
Tom Baril was born in Connecticut in 1952 and in 1980 earned a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Baril began printing for Robert Mapplethorpe while still in school and has credited with developing the lush quality of the late photographer’s black & white prints.
Biography
Working initially with landscapes and urban structures, Baril produced iconic images ofBoston, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. When he moved towards studio work, Barilsought close-up views of flowers using a pinhole camera with minimal depth of field. Hisimages are sumptuous, soaked in tea to add depth and warmth, but retain a modernsensibility due to the torn and exposed edges that come from the Polaroid film he uses.Baril lives and works in Pennsylvania.
Selected Collections:
The Brooklyn Museum New York
Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City
The Center For Creative Photography, Tucson
Elton John Collection
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ralph Lauren Collection
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Vereins Und Westbank AG, Hamburg, Germany
