Background
Ollman, Arthur Lee was born on March 6, 1947 in Milwaukee. Son of Benn and Shirley Ollman.
Ollman, Arthur Lee was born on March 6, 1947 in Milwaukee. Son of Benn and Shirley Ollman.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1969;
student, San Francisco Art Institute, 1974;
Master of Fine Arts, Lone Mountain College, 1977.
Photographer, 1967- present;
Instructor, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1976-1978;
instructor, Chabot College, 1977-1983;
President, Board of. Directors, San Francisco Camerawork; 1977-1983
Founding Director, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, 1983-2006;
Director, School of Art, Design and Art History, San Diego State University;
Emeritus Professor, San Diego State University;
Board President, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, 2014-2019
(Book by Ollman, Arthur, Goldberg, Vicki, Museum of Photog...)
First Photographs: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography
(Introduction to book which accompanied traveling exhibition)
2002Portrait of Nepal
(Introduction to book of photographs by Kevin Bubriski)
1993Horace Bristol
(Introduction to French book, with English translation)
1995Arnold Newman: Master Class
(Essay in book that accompanied traveling exhibition)
2012Arnold Newman: Five Decades
(Accompanied the museum retrospective exhibition)
1986Parallels & Contrasts: Photographs from there Stephen White Collection
(Introduction to catalog of traveling exhibition)
1988Vik Muniz
(Book accompanied traveling exhibition)
2016Kenro Izu
(Introduction to book of photographs)
1998John Sexton Recollections: Three Decades of Photographs
(Introduction to book of photographs)
2006(Text in English and Spanish. Catalog of traveling exhibit...)
Rosalind Solomon
(Book accompanied exhibition)
1988(Limited edition of 1,000.)
Connie Imboden: Beauty of Darkness
1999Samuel Bourne: Images of India
1983Museum of Photographic Arts