Photographer Jeremy Stein. (Courtesy of The Gallery ABQ)
Stein died in August 2020 from leukemia. Prior to his death he enjoyed taking photographs at the ABQ BioPark. Many of those photos were showcased at The Gallery ABQ.
In January, the gallery decided to remember Stein’s legacy with a salon show after being approached by his family. Stein’s family said he had always wanted donations instead of flowers to go to the New Mexico BioPark Society. The family asked that 25% of the proceeds from Stein’s salon show go to The Gallery ABQ and 75% go to the BioPark Society.
The Gallery ABQ recently presented a check to the New Mexico BioPark Society for $1,451.21. The money was raised through sales of Stein’s work purchased from the gallery. The BioPark Society was grateful for the contribution and enjoyed doing the collaboration in honor of Stein.
“We ended up running the sale from January (2021) into the end of February so that we could try to get as much sales as possible,” Patricia Cream, director of The Gallery ABQ. “You know, with the COVID, it has been a little harder to get people into the galleries. But, but we’re happy to say that the gallery is able to present a donation check to the New Mexico BioPark Society.”
“Speckled Frog” by Jeremy Stein. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)
In the near future sales from Stein’s work will benefit another nonprofit. There has been discussion of a portion of the proceeds benefitting a local food bank.
“And then we’re hoping, because (Stein’s wife) Nancy donated all of Jeremy’s work to the gallery, we’re hoping that we can maybe help another organization,” Cream said. “We’re thinking maybe in June we’ll try it again. So that we can help someone else with his photography.”
Some of Stein’s photography can be found hanging at the gallery located at 8210 Menaul NE and also can be viewed online at thegalleryabq.com.
“I think one of the things that has been really good is that our gallery does want to help more in the community,” Cream said. “And so with us being given this donation of (Stein’s) artwork it will give us that chance to be able to do that more. You know, as we’re able to have the opportunity to sell more of his work we’ll be able to help more people.”
According to Stein’s artist statement provided by the gallery, he regarded himself as a nature photographer “trying to capture and display the forms and aspects of our world.”
Photographer Jeremy Stein often photographed at the Albuquerque BioPark. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)
“I want to show the underlying patterns and details in nature and the world in general, especially those elements which we usually see fleetingly or not at all,” his statement reads. “I am fascinated by the unimaginable complexity and richness of detail seen in all life, and do my best to capture it in my photographs.”
In the statement Stein added that he had been a photographer of some sort all of his life.
“From the very first time I saw a blank sheet of paper in the developing tray magically turn into a photograph, I knew I had to be a photographer,” the statement says. “That magic is still there for me, undiminished. I went on to a very different career, but always took pictures as an avocation, until I retired from my ‘day job’ and could do photography full time.”
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