Jenshel, Len. Len Jenshel: Desert Places. 11 November-12 December 1987.

Laurence Miller Gallery, 1987. Essay by David Feingold. Wraps, exhibit catalog, 10 pages, 5 illustrations including cover, near fine with slight crimp top right corner. Color photographs of Arizona and Utah. Includes biographical information on the artist.  Summary:

Len Jenshel: Desert Places was a photography exhibition held at the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City from November 11 through December 12, 1987.

• The Exhibition: The show focused on Jenshel’s contemporary landscape photography, capturing the vivid topography, light, and unique atmosphere of American desert landscapes. Jenshel is widely regarded as a pioneer of the "New Color" photography movement, using color to elevate the emotional and aesthetic qualities of the natural world.

• The Catalog: A scarce, slim landscape-format exhibition catalog (8 pages) was published by the gallery to accompany the show.

• Key Features: * It includes an essay written by David Feingold.

  • It features five full-page color plates showcasing Jenshel's desert imagery.

  • It documents Jenshel's professional credentials up to 1987, listing his educational background, major grants, past exhibitions, and public collections.

This short-run exhibition helped solidify Jenshel's reputation for masterfully capturing the "pleasures of seeing" through bold color landscapes, a theme he expanded upon heavily in his subsequent 1991 monograph of the same name.

Born in New York City in 1949, Len Jenshel is an American photographer widely recognized as a pioneer of the "New Color" photography movement, which helped establish color photography as a respected fine art medium in the 1970s. After completing his BFA at New York's Cooper Union in 1975 under notable instructors like Joel Meyerowitz and Garry Winogrand, Jenshel transitioned from black-and-white street photography to vibrant, atmospheric color landscapes. Over his career, he has earned prestigious accolades, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, while publishing several notable monographs such as Charmed Places, Desert Places, and Travels in the American West. Since 1991, Jenshel has frequently collaborated with his wife, photographer Diane Cook, on acclaimed visual projects documenting unique geographic terrains—such as America's volcanic environments and Greenland's glaciers—and his works are held in more than one hundred museum collections globally.