Dick Blau

Richard Miles Blue ( born 14 September 1943) is a photographer, and filmmaker, media scholar and professor at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.

Life and work

Dick Blau is a son of actress Beatrice Manley, his biological father is the painter Albert Freedberg. Later, Dick was adopted by theater director Herbert Blau, who raised him from the age of 6. With its long-term relationship Jane Gallop, a professor at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, he has two children.

1965 made ​​blue Dick a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1973 and a Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale University.

Blue is a professor in the film in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. His photographs and films have been exhibited internationally and are part of museum collections.

His interests include portraits, family dynamics, music and dance, gestures, rituals and ceremonies.

Together with Robert Mapplethorpe, Sally Mann and Nancy Honey has been known Dick Blue as one of the best modern photographer of children.