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Embark on the theme of his art and Jaydie Putterman
will become animated. For him, taking photographs is seeing, therefore
he takes them.
Born in 1945 in America, he was brought up in
New York. Given his first camera at the age of five, he subsequently
studied at Parsons School of Design and The New School and taught
photography at universities in New York and Paris.
With his wife Rosalynde, he moved in 1973 to
France, where they have raised their family.
Jaydie's photographic output has covered a broad
range of subject matter. In his professional portfolio you could find
anything from Formula One editorial shots to magazine covers and advertising
work.
Various institutions have integrated considerable
numbers of his photographs in their permanent collections: The Museum
of Modern Art in New York, The Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris,
The Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, The Minneapolis Institute
of Art, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to name but a
few.
His exhibitions span four continents; twelve published
books feature his long-term projects, including a year with the New
York City Ballet, a twelve month study of life in Sri Lanka, and reportage
of street games in New York. He went on to create an in-depth observation
of the working lives of two NYPD officers, leading to the book 'POLICE'.
The last two major projects are a true focus of Jaydie's
passion for documenting those whose lives has made a contribution
to the greater good. 'TALENTS AND CONSCIENCES OF EUROPE' includes
over one hundred individuals from Mother Teresa to Judge Giovanni
Falcone, from King Juan Carlos 1st to Peter Ustinov. It resulted in
the photographer's first multi-media publication, as a book, CD-ROM,
website and exhibition.
The current project portraits and documents all those
who have orbited the Earth, in their respective roles in space exploration.
With the aid of UNESCO, the results will be distributed to a million
educational institutions. It is Jaydie's sincere belief that these
space explorers will set an example as role models to the youth of
today.
While he is an excellent and committed photographer,
Jaydie is above all a man concerned with things positive. "Photography
is a passport that can take you wherever you dream to be. Once there,
the goal is to find graphic solutions for visual problems that are
devoid of all negative connotations."
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