Chronology — Bob Kolbrener Photography

C H R O N O LO G Y

1942 Born – St. Louis, MO

1960 Graduated from Horton Watkins High School – St. Louis, MO Attended University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK

1963 Attended Washington University – St. Louis, MO

1964 Began photography as a hobby

1967 Played minor league professional football – Des Moines, IA Worked as assistant to commercial photographer

1968 First journey through the American West, exposed to the work of Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park, CA

1969 Attended the Ansel Adams Workshop in Yosemite National Park, CA Began commercial photography business in St. Louis, MO

1970 Attended print workshop in Carmel, CA
Instructors were Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham

1973 Attended winter workshop in Yosemite National Park, CA Instructors were Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham

Assistant Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA

1974 Photography Instructor for The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, CA Taught photography for the summer months to park visitors and park employees

1976 Assistant Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA

1977 Full Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA Instructors included Yousuf Karsh

1978 Director and Instructor of the Green River Workshop – Green River, UT Sponsored by the University of California at Santa Cruz

1979 Director and Instructor of the Escalante Canyon Workshop – Escalante, UT Sponsored by the University of California at Santa Cruz

Instructor for the Silver Scene Photography Workshop – Lake City, CO Sponsored by Webster University – St. Louis, MO

Guest Lecturer for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO

1981 Judge of the Photo Spiva Photography Competition – Springfield, MO Guest Instructor for Webster University – St. Louis, MO

1983 Granted permission from the Federal Government to photograph entire Alcatraz Island during its Fiftieth Anniversary as a Federal Penitentiary – CA

1985 Guest Instructor for Washington University – St. Louis, MO

1986 Guest Lecturer for the University of Missouri – St. Louis, MO

1989 Guest Instructor for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO

1990 Guest Lecturer for the St. Charles Parks photography workshop – St. Louis, MO

1991 Featured Speaker for the St. Louis Camera Club – St. Louis, MO

1992 Guest Instructor for Washington University – St. Louis, MO

1993 Guest Lecturer for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO Conversations with the Artist: Bob Kolbrener

1996 Granted permission from the National Park Service to produce notecards, posters and Special Edition Photographs to be sold at Devils Tower National Monument – WY

Closed commercial photography business and moved to the Carmel Highlands, CA to continue Fine Art Photography on a full time basis

2004 Granted permission from the California State Parks to have full access to Pt. Lobos State Reserve. Project: To re-photograph Edward Weston’s images, as well as to photograph from Bob Kolbrener’s point of view.

2005 Lishui International Art Photography Festival – China

2006 Guest Speaker – The Yosemite Association Annual Meeting Yosemite National Park – CA

2008 Guest of Honor – Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. Best Foreign Photographer Award for Black and White Photography.

E X H I B I T IO N S

1974 Cypress College – Los Angeles, CA Two-man show with Brett Weston

Ralston Purina Company – St. Louis, MO Group Exhibition

The Columbia Gallery of Photography – Columbia, MO Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1975 Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1976 The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO Missouri Photographers’ Group Exhibition

1977 Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA Photographs from the Polaroid Collection

1978 Fontbonne College – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1979 Hunter Museum – Chattanooga, TN
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA New Acquisitions – The Polaroid Collection

Borne ́ Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1981 The Greenberg Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1982 Creve Coeur Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1985 Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: From the West . . . People, Places, Other Encounters

1986 The Hays Art Council – Hays, KS Five State Photography Exhibition

1987 Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO

Bob Kolbrener Photographs: From the Sublime . . .

1988 Camelback Gallery – Phoenix, AR
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1989 The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO
The Developing Eye: 150 Years of Photography; Selected Images

Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: From the West – A New Crop

1990 The Arkansas Arts Center – Little Rock, AK Legacy; 15 Proteges of Ansel Adams

1991 Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: 100th Anniversary of Yosemite National Park

1992 Toneri Gallery – Sun Valley, ID
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1993 The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener Photographs: Twenty-Five Years in the American West

1994 Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Studio Portraits

1995 Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO
Mural Photographs – Premier Exhibition

1996 Elliot Smith Contemporary Art – St. Louis, MO The Alcatraz Portfolio

1996 Moved to the Carmel Highlands, CA to continue Fine Art Photography full time

1999 The Suwa Art Museum – Suwa, Japan
Quest for Lost Image : Nudes – West Coast Photographers

2000 Weston Gallery – Carmel, CA Selected Images

Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA
Solo Exhibition: Large Scale Black and White Photographs

The Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA
Bob Kolbrener: To Eradicate Ennui – Large Scale Black and White Photographs