Jay Hoops
Jay Hoops | |
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 Hoops in Southampton, NY, c.1955 | |
| Born | Janet P. Hoops New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Jay Hoops (1919 – June 20, 2004) was an American photographer.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Jay Hoops was born in New York City.[2] Her father, Herman William Hoops, was a partner at Hawley & Hoops, a chocolate and confectionery company in Lower Manhattan.[3][note 1]
Hoops studied photography first with Clarence White Jr. at The Clarence H. White School of Modern Photography and later with Alexey Brodovitch and Minor White.[4]
Career
[edit]By the late 1940s, Hoops had opened Jay Hoops Studios, a commercial photography studio in New York City, and took photography fashion assignments for TWA, photographed still-life, and did commercial and advertising photography, which appeared in popular magazines and on post cards.[5] During its first years, Jay Hoops Studios also sold enamel-finished cigarette boxes with photographs on them.[6] During the 1960s and 1970s, Hoops focused on architectural photography, taking assignments for Rockefeller Center, Harrison and Abramovitz, I.M. Pei, and others.[1] In the early 1950s, she got a cottage in Hampton Bays[7] and maintained studios in New York City and Schinnecock Hills.[8] In the 1960s, she moved to Hampton Bays full-time and began photographing the local seascape, meadows, and beaches.[1] Hoops' journalistic photography work regularly appeared in the newspapers of eastern Long Island.[9] At the end of her life she was working with digitalized Polaroid.[10]
Hoops became closely associated with Guild Hall in East Hampton, where she regularly photographed exhibitions, productions, plays, and other events; showed her own work; and taught courses.[11][12] She was a founding member of the group Photographers East.[13] She also led photography workshops at the Southampton Campus of Long Island University[14]
She died on June 20, 2004.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Hoops married Richard Clemmer (1910–1980), whom she had met while working as a production assistant on One Man's Family and The Molly Goldberg Show, which Richard produced for NBC from 1949 to 1950.[1][15] An animal lover, she was founding member of the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons.[1] and took pet portraits for ARF's publicity and fundraising materials.[16]
Exhibitions
[edit]By 1979, Hoops had participated in many group shows, including one at the Parrish Museum where she won the Judge's Award, and four one-woman shows at Long Island University, Guild Hall, and the Meisel Gallery in New York City.[4][2]
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- Impressions of Portugal and Spain (with Charolotte Jenkins). "[A color slide program] using a new technique for projecting pictures simultaneously on two screens."[17] (April 1967)
- Impressions of Greece (with Charlotte Jenkins), Guild Hall of East Hampton, East Hampton, Long Island, NY, February 25, 1968[18]
- It's Never Too Late, group exhibition, Guild Hall of East Hampton, East Hampton, Long Island, NY, September 1972[19]
- Photographic Abstractions and Manipulations, August–September, 1992, East End Arts Council[20]
- Jay Hoops: Polaroids, Wright State University: The Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, August 26, 2022 – November 1, 2022, Tracy Longley-Cook and Gary Beeber (curators)[21]
- Jay Hoops: a Memorial Exhibition, Guild Hall of East Hampton, East Hampton, Long Island, NY, November 13 – December 12, 2004[22]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Hawley & Hoops chocolate factory building now houses the Mulberry Street branch of the New York Public Library.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Jay Hoops". Southampton Press. July 1, 2004.
- ^ a b "Three New Exhibits Scheduled to Open Saturday at Guild Hall". Southampton Press. July 19, 1979.
- ^ Beeber, Gary (December 11, 2022). "JAY HOOPS: POLAROIDS". lenscratch.com.
- ^ a b "Audubon Prints to be Exhibited". Southampton Press. July 31, 1975. p. B2.
- ^ "Jamaican steel band with native dancers [hand colored]". emory.edu. Emory University.
- ^ "Snapshots". House & Garden. December 1949. p. 89.
- ^ "Television Network". NBC Chimes. July 1952. p. 26.
- ^ "Oils - Photography In College Exhibit". Southampton Press. February 20, 1964.
- ^ Jay Hoops (photographer) (March 30, 1978). "Art Through Movement [Photograph]". The East Hampton Star. p. 9.
- ^ "Hoops to Speak". Southampton Press. November 14, 2002.
- ^ "Guild Hall News: Local Woman to Hostess Color Slide Program". Sag Harbor Express. April 27, 1967. p. 2.
- ^ Whipple, Enez (1993). Guild Hall of East Hampton : an adventure in the arts, the first 60 years. East Hampton, N.Y.: Guild Hall of East Hampton. ISBN 978-0-8109-3384-2.
- ^ Ernst, Eric (July 8, 2004). "More than just pretty pictures". Southampton Press. p. B7.
- ^ "Photo Workshops". Southampton Press. November 11, 1993.
- ^ The Class of 1933 (May 5, 1980). "Richard Walter Clemmer '33". Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 80. p. 36.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Jay Hoops (photographer) (December 16, 1976). "Give a gift of love this christmas [Photograph collage]". The East Hampton Star.
- ^ "Again a Varied Guild Hall Schedule". The East Hampton Star. April 27, 1967. p. 6.
- ^ "Guild Hall: Two Approaches to Greece". The East Hampton Star. February 22, 1968. p. 4.
- ^ "Environment Exhibit at Guild Hall". The East Hampton Star. August 24, 1972.
- ^ Robert Long (August 20, 1992). "Three Solid Group Shows". Southampton Press.
- ^ "JAY HOOPS: POLAROIDS". 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Guild Hall - Bringing the Arts Together". The East Hampton Star. November 11, 2004.