Richard M. Ehrlich

Richard M. Ehrlich
Born	New York City
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University (1959)
Occupation(s)	Urological surgeon, University of California Los Angeles Emeritus Professor; Fine Art photographer
Years active	1961-present

Richard M. Ehrlich is a surgeon and photographer. Born in New York City on March 12, 1938, he obtained a BA in 1959 from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He has been a professor and physician for over 40 years, and has been recognized as a fine art photographer. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The New York Times said his photographs "suggest ephemerality from a broader historical perspective" and that they "look like staged fantasies". ^[4]

Homage to Rothko

Career

In 1963, he obtained his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, with an internship and surgical residency at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center followed by a residency in urology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center from 1965 to 1969. He served as a Major in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1971. ^[3]

Forbidden Zone (Sperrgebiet) Namibia

He held a research Fellowship at the National Institute of Health sponsored by Columbia University in 1966-67 and a Senior Research Fellowship in 1969. He was admitted as a Fellow to the American College of Surgeons in 1974. ^[3]

Ehrlich held multiple teaching positions at the University of California School of Medicine from 1971, becoming a Professor Emeritus of Urology in 2012. He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Urology. ^[3]

He served as President of both the Society for Pediatric Urology in 1991 and American Academy of Pediatrics-Urology Section in 1993, ^[1] and was elected to membership in the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons in 1982. ^[5]

Photography

Ehrlich is a professional fine art photographer whose photographs are held in permanent collections of multiple museums, including:

• J. Paul Getty Museum ^[6]
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History ^[3]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art ^{[7] [8]}
• UCLA Hammer Museum ^[9]
• The George Eastman Museum ^[9]
• Denver Art Museum ^[7]
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art ^[7]
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ^[10]
• Yad Vashem in Jerusalem ^[10]
• Jewish Museum in New York City ^[10]
• Jewish Museum, Berlin ^[10]
• Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris ^[10]
• Charles E. Young Research Library at University of California, Los Angeles ^[11]
• University of Southern California Shoah Foundation ^{[12] [13]}
• Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca. ^[14]
• Houston Museum of Fine Arts ^[15]
• Museum of the City of New York ^[16]

Floral Sublimity

His Holocaust Archives Series consists of photographs taken of the records of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany, an archival center that houses sources for identifying and tracing the victims of the Holocaust. He was the first to gain permission to photograph these archives. The series was shown at the Craig Krull Gallery in Los Angeles in 2008, University at Buffalo, New York in 2009, and UCLA in 2010, and was the subject of an LA Times article. ^{[3] [7] [17] [18]}

The Grammy Museum is featuring Ehrlich's Face the Music exhibition. ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]} Expanding on the content of his 2015 photography book of the same title, it is the product of a five-year collaboration with a number of prominent musicians.

As a photographer, he has published nineteen books and two portfolios including Namibia: The Forbidden Zone, Anatomia Digitale, The Other Side of the Sky, Reverie, Face the Music, Faces of Promise and Neogenesis. ^{[10] [23] [24]} Decoding Mimbres Painting, for which he was a photographer, was named among the Best Art Books of 2018 by the New York Times. ^[25]

In 2012 he delivered a lecture at Annenberg Space for Photography as part of the Iris Nights Lecture Series. ^[26]

Philanthropy

Windmills of My Mind

Ehrlich is president of Richard Ehrlich Family Foundation, a not-for-profit public charity under IRC Section 501(c)3 based in Malibu, CA. ^[27] Beginning in 2016, the Foundation has facilitated a series of exhibitions compiling the works of Robert Frank, Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947 - 2017, produced by Steidl. ^[28] The exhibit has been shown at Tisch School of the Arts, at New York University, ^[29] University of California, Los Angeles ^[30] in collaboration with Bergamot Station, University of California, Berkeley, ^[31] The Tisch Library at Tufts University, ^[32] Houston Center for Photography ^[33] and Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon. ^[34]

This 2019 RoseGallery exhibition, 27 Miles: Abstract Truth documenting the 2018 Woolsey fire, was presented to raise awareness and support for the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Relief Fund. ^[35]

Selected publications

Sequoia Reimagined

Medical articles

• Smith, R.B., et al. "Bilateral renal cell carcinoma and renal cell carcinoma in the solitary kidney." The Journal of Urology 132.3 (1984): 450–454.
• Rajfer, J., et al. "Hormonal therapy of cryptorchidism." New England Journal of Medicine 314.8 (1986): 466–470.
• Ehrlich, R. M. et al. "Laparoscopic Nephrectomy in a child: expanding horizons for laparoscopy in pediatric urology." Journal of Endourology 6.6 (1992): 463–465.
• Ehrlich, R.M., A. Gershman, and G. Fuchs. "Laparoscopic vesicoureteroplasty in children: initial case reports.” Urology 43.2 (1994): 255–261.
• Ehrlich, R.M., A. Gershman, and G. Fuchs. "Laparoscopic renal surgery in children." The Journal of Urology 151.3 (1994): 735–739.
• Lesavoy, M. A., et al. "Long-term follow-up of total abdominal wall reconstruction for prune belly syndrome." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 129.1 (2012): 104e-109e.

Medical books

• Smith R.B.H. and Ehrlich R.M.: Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Management, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990.
• Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery of the External Genitalia: Adult and Pediatric. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999.

Photography and art books

• Richard Ehrlich, Namibia: The Forbidden Zone, Nazraeli Press, Paso Robles, California, 2007.
• Richard Ehrlich, Anatomia Digitale, Nazraeli Press, Paso Robles, California, 2009.
• Richard Ehrlich, The Other Side of the Sky, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2014.
• Richard Ehrlich, Reverie, Craig Krull Gallery and Weston Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2015.
• Richard Ehrlich, Face the Music, Steidl, Göttingen, Germany, 2015.
• Richard Ehrlich, Faces of Promise: Looking Beyond Autism, Graphic Arts Books, Berkeley, California, 2017.
• Richard Ehrlich, Neogenesis Portfolio, Nazraeli Press, Paso Robles, California, 2017.
• Tony Berlant, Evan Maurer & Julia Burtenshaw, Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest, Prestel Publishing, Munich, 2018. (Ehrlich served as the photographer ^[36] )
• Richard Ehrlich, What's Past Is Prologue: That Was Then, This Is Now, CDS Publications, Medford, Oregon, 2018.
• Richard Ehrlich, Surface Aria: Inside the Outside, CDS Publications, Medford, Oregon, 2018.
• Richard Ehrlich, Neogenesis Two, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2019.
• Richard Ehrlich, Out of the Fire: Abstract Truth, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2019.
• Richard Ehrlich, In Libris XI - Bibliophilia, CDS Publications, Medford, Oregon, 2020.
• Richard Ehrlich, Neogenesis Three, CDS Publications, Medford, Oregon, 2020.
• Richard Ehrlich, The Arolsen Holocaust Archive, Steidl, Göttingen, Germany, 2021. ^[37]
• Richard Ehrlich, Homage to Rothko: Abstract Sublime, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2021. ^[38]
• Richard Ehrlich, Ars Scientifica: What's the Big Idea?, CDS Publications, Medford, Oregon, 2022. ^[39]
• Richard Ehrlich, Mark Making: Taking a Line for a Walk, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2022. ^[40]
• Richard Ehrlich, Sequoia Reimagined, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2023 ^[41]
• Richard Ehrlich, One Picture Book Two #35: Namibia Redux, Nazraeli Press, Paso Robles, California, 2023 ^[42]
• Richard Ehrlich, Windmills of My Mind, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2024
• Richard Ehrlich, Floraphilia: Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Edition One, Richmond, California, 2024

References

1. "Find a UCLA Physician/Provider - Richard Ehrlich, MD". UCLA Health. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
2. University of California (System) (1976). University Bulletin: A Weekly Bulletin for the Staff of the University of California. Office of Official Publications, University of California. pp. 67–.
3. "Dr. Richard M. Ehrlich Rejoins Full Time Academic Faculty". UCLA - Urology Department. UCLA. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
4. JOHNSON, KEN. "A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
5. Emery Koltay (1986). Irregular Serials & Annuals: An International Directory. Bowker. ISBN   9780835222747.
6. "Rick Ehrlich | Neogenesis". Nazraeli Press. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
7. MUCHNIC, SUZANNE. "Richard Ehrlich photographs an archive of Holocaust cruelty". LA Times. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
8. "Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
9. Embracing the Art in Medicine: UCLA Urology’s Creative Side. UCLA Urology Update. UCLA. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
10. "Richard Ehrlich". Steidl. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
11. "UCLA Library Special Collections". UCLA Library. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
12. Crew, Adrienne (23 August 2008). "Holocaust archive revealed through the lens of Richard Ehrlich". LAObserved. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
13. "USC Shoah Foundation Collection" (PDF). Michigan State University Digital Multimedia Center. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
14. "Aestheticizing the Document: Richard Ehrlich's Photographic Inventories of Nazi Atrocities". Johnson Museum of Art. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
15. "Faces of Promise: Looking Beyond Autism accepted into the permanent collection of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts". Richard Ehrlich Photography. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
16. "Joy of Giving Something Foundation Collection, Richard Ehrlich". Joy of Giving Something Foundation. 2020-11-10.
17. "Richard Ehrlich Holocaust Archives Series Photograph Collection". OAC. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
18. Donovan, Patricia. "Powerful Portfolio of Nazi Archives by Photographer Richard Erhlich Coming to UB". University of Buffalo. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
19. Kaufman, Gil. "Grammy Museum Announces 'Face The Music' Photography Exhibit Featuring Iggy Pop, Quincy Jones, RZA". Billboard.
20. "Face the Music". Grammy Museum.
21. Najafi, Leila (2019-10-02). "The Coolest New Exhibits to Check Out in LA Before They Disappear". Thrillist. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
22. "Grammy Book Features Raw Images of Sheryl Crow, Michael Bublé, LeAnn Rimes, More - The Seattle Lesbian" . Retrieved 2019-10-04.
23. "Face the Music". Steidl. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
24. Ehrlich, Richard (28 September 2015). Face the Music. Göttingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei und Verlag. ISBN   9783869309668.
25. Smith, Roberta; Cotter, Holland; Farago, Jason (2018-12-13). "The Best Art Books of 2018". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-04-20.
26. "Richard Ehrlich: Ansel Adams Would Have Loved Photoshop". Annenberg Space for Photography. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
27. "Guidestar Profile, Richard Ehrlich Family Foundation". Guidestar. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
28. "Robert Frank Books and Films 1947 - 2017: A Two-Week Pop-Up Show". Steidl. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
29. "Robert Frank, Books and Films, 1947-2016". NYU. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
30. "Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947 - 2016". UCLA. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
31. "Robert Frank Books and Films, 1947-2017". Berkeley. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
32. "Robert Frank Books and Films, 1947-2017". Tisch Library Tufts. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
33. "Robert Frank Books and Films, 1947-2017". Houston Center for Photography. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
34. "Robert Frank". Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
35. Zellen, Jody (16 July 2019). "Richard Ehrlich". Artillery.
36. Berlant, Tony (16 February 2017). "Decoding Mimbres Painting" (PDF). Cognitive Archaeology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
37. Ehrlich, Richard (2021). The Arolsen Holocaust Archive. Reto Meister, Emilie Garrigou-Kempton, Manfred Heiting. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl. ISBN   978-3-95829-889-7. OCLC   1272891462.
38. Ehrlich, Richard (2021). Homage to Rothko: Abstract Sublime. Malibu, California: Richard M. Ehrlich. ISBN   9780996514286.
39. Ehrlich, Richard (2022). Ars Scientifica: What's the Big Idea?. CDS Publications. ISBN   9780996514293.
40. Ehrlich, Richard (2022). Mark Making: Taking a Line for a Walk. CDS Publications. ISBN   9798987195703.
41. Ehrlich, Richard (2023-07-15). Sequoia Reimagined: It Remains to Be Seen. Richard M Ehrlich. ISBN   979-8-9871957-1-0.
42. Ehrlich, Richard (2023). One Picture Book Two #35: Namibia Redux. Nazraeli Press. ISBN   978-1-59005-562-5.

External links

• Official website
• USHMM Permanent Exhibition
• OAC Inventory for Ehrlich's Holocaust Archive