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JOSEPH BUEMI (1923-2007): A PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE
August 15 - September 19, 2025
A selection of 1940’s through 1970’s works by New York photographer Joseph Buemi (1923-2007).
“To say my pictures are a personal diary of my sensitive feelings toward everyday life is a near accurate description.”
“Photographically speaking, I pause to admit there are sensations impossible to bring forth to full substance. What can a camera lens say of a landscape blurred by mist, or a walk in woods darkened by an approaching storm?”
Joseph A. Buemi (1923 - 2007)
Buemi was born in Binghamton, New York. He served in the U.S. Army in WWII and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
An artist and internationally recognized photographer, his photographs are included in many museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. He taught photography, exhibited, and judged photo competitions. An extensive collection of his photographs and papers are in the collection of the Broome County Historical Society, in Binghamton, NY.
Buemi's work, mostly black-and-white photographs, have been shown in a number of private and public galleries, including France's Musée Réattu and Bibliothèque Nationale (The National Library of France), as well as at the Royal Library of Denmark.
The Musée Réattu exhibited Buemi’s work after a request from Lucien Clergue, a famous French photographer and lifelong friend of painter Pablo Picasso, whom he met during a trip to Europe in 1963.
Buemi wrote in his Personal Statement and Technical Notes, “Photographically speaking, I pause to admit there are sensations impossible to bring forth to full substance. What can a camera lens say of a landscape blurred by mist, or a walk in woods darkened by an approaching storm (…)?”
Joseph Buemi
Brute Force, 1947
photograph of the marquee display from the New York City Premiere of the seminal 1947 Film Noir
silver gelatin print
signed, titled, dated, and with Buemi’s Atelier stamp on back
paper size approx. 7.8 by 9.8 in. (ca. 20 by 25,2 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
Hill Road, San Remo, Italy, 1963
silver gelatin print
mounted on foam core board
signed, titled, and dated on back
photograph size approx. 9.5 by 5.75 in. (ca. 24,1 by 14,6 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
Sand Form, Fanø Island, Denmark, 1969
silver gelatin print
signed, titled, and dated on front
paper size approx. 7.8 by 9.8 in. (ca. 20 by 25,2 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
False Helbro, 1971
silver gelatin print
titled, dated, and with Buemi’s Atelier stamp on back
paper size approx. 9.8 by 7.8 in. (ca. 25,2 by 20 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
Shell - Nauset Beach, Cape Cod, 1974
silver gelatin print
mounted on 7 by 9 in. illustration board,
titled, dated, and with Buemi’s Atelier stamp on back
photograph size approx. 3.75 by 5.75 in. (ca. 9,5 by 14,6 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
Pattern on the Dunes, Cape Cod, 1977
silver gelatin print
titled, dated, and with Buemi’s Atelier stamp on back
paper size approx. 7.8 by 9.8 in. (ca. 20 by 25,2 cm)
private US collection
Joseph Buemi
Winter, Binghampton, 1979
silver gelatin print
titled, dated, and with Buemi’s Atelier stamp on back
paper size approx. 9.8 by 7.8 in. (ca. 25,2 by 20 cm)
private US collection