| Maude Pervere's photographic work has consistently reflected a distinctive eye for shape and color in the outdoors - from the corrosive contours of a California junkyard to the vibrant patterns of a South American farmer’s market. Pervere has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area all her life and the majority of her deeply saturated color photographs were shot within 50 miles of home, clearly one of the most inspiring and magnificent venues for outdoor photography in the world. And as she and her family are inveterate travelers, her production also includes images of Peru (2000), Thailand and Cambodia (2002), the San Juan Islands (2003), Italy (2004), Patagonia (2004), Alaska (2005), and Laos and Vietnam (2005). Maude Pervere has always been a photographer. Her first surge of applied creativity began in 1963-66 when she spent hours in the darkroom as editor of her high school yearbook. Her enthusiasm for photography and printmaking continued through college, her work as a lawyer (1974-80) and law professor (1979-2005). Now that she and her husband have raised their two sons, Pervere has returned to photography full-time. |
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| Perhaps the most valuable recent development in Pervere’s work has come with the realization that printing in larger formats enables her to create the painterly aesthetic that best conveys the texture and vitality of her remarkable imagery. In addition, her eye for bold design and unusual angles in photographing everyday objects has given her work a unique presence and intimacy. Pervere’s best photos find magic in the mundane, inviting her viewer to absorb the perfect geometry of a sewer grate, the warmth of color shifting on a sunlit wall, or the juicy delight of a box brimming with blackberries. Collections of Maude Pervere’s photographic works are on permanent exhibit at several locations. In the East Bay:
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