Dater, Judy, b. 1941
(Show Bio)Oral history interview with Judy Dater, 2000 Jun 2
Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (60 min.) : analog.
Transcript: 29 p.
An interview of Judy Dater conducted June 2, 2000 by Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, in Dater's home, Berkeley, Calif. Dater focuses on her experiences photographing the nude.
Dater discusses the early influence on her of Thomas Hart Benton's Persephone, a work that she says affected her on an emotional level; how voyeurism depicted informs "looking," a basic activity of the photographer and of many other artists; her collaboration with husband, Jack Welpott, working from the same nude model, and the differences in their objectives; her main interest is human energy, male or female; finding it easier to work with women; her feminism in connection with the subject of the nude and issues of power that arise.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding provided by Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.
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