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Summer 2011: •A selection from the series Shrines & Altars was exhibited at the Artists Alley in San Francisco! Galiara on the Web, The Artists Alley is located at 863 Mission between 4th & 5th across Bloomingdales Mall.  Jan- May 2011: Ernest Bloch: Framing a Vision of the World •A major exhibit of prints made by Eric Johnson from Ernest Bloch’s negatives was mounted at the Oregon Jewish Musuem in Portland in 2011. Including 40 prints made in 1974-75 from negatives dating from 1897-1955, the show is by far the most extensive survey of Bloch’s photographic work. See the installation: •Book of Bloch’s Photography: Associated with the exhibit Johnson produced a book surveying Bloch’s photography. The first published survey including 80 of Bloch’s photographs, “A Composer’s Vision: The Photographs of Ernest Bloch” is available at Blurb. •“Shrines & Altars” at the Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo, Nov. 2009 A major presentation of the “Shrines & Altars” series took place in November 2009 at the Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo. Eighteen 24”x36” archival pigment prints were on display. See Installation views. See a Review. •Eric Johnson’s prints from Ernest Bloch’s negatives donated to the Library of Congress! In June of 2009 Eric traveled to Washington DC to donate prints he made from Bloch’s negatives in the 1970’s to the Library of Congress. A collection of 102 prints covering 45 years of Bloch’s life were donated to the Music Division. This collection is the largest Bloch archive and this donation added significantly to the quality and depth of the LOC collection. See a blog from the Music Division: “Remembering Ernest Bloch”  http://www.galiara.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=1205http://www.galiara.com/Oregon_Jewish_Museum.htmlOregon_Jewish_Museum.htmlhttp://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1861712?alt=A+Composer's+Vision%2C+as+listed+under+Arts+%26+PhotographyGalleries/Pages/Exhibition_of_Shrines_%26_Altars.htmlReview.htmlLibrary_of_Congress.htmlhttp://blogs.loc.gov/music/2010/01/remembering-ernest-bloch-1880-1959/Library_of_Congress.htmlhttp://blogs.loc.gov/music/2010/01/remembering-ernest-bloch-1880-1959/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8
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Extensive photographic work in Ireland resulted in a collaborative book with Paul Zingg titled An Emerald Odyssey: In Search of the Gods of Golf and Ireland, published by Collins Press in 2008.

Mushroom Lady, Satigny, Switz. 1912.

by Ernest Bloch

Gargoyle, from Shrines & Altars.

24” x 36” Archival Pigment Print.