Exhibition
Facing the Lens: Portraits of Photographers
Friday, January 21, 2011—Sunday, August 28, 2011
Harrison Photography Gallery 365
Free Exhibition
Many photographers are comfortable in front of their lenses, making self-portraiture either an aspect of their work or its mainstay. On the other hand, some are notoriously camera shy. This exhibition features photographic portraits of a wide array of photographers, from the nineteenth century to the present. Included are straightforward portraits, performances, masquerades, and surrogates. A small grouping of "anti-portraits" made up of passports, driver's licenses, and other identification documents, are lent by local photographers such as Lynn Geesaman, Stuart Klipper, and Joann Verburg.
The exhibition comprises about 75 photographs, drawn primarily from the permanent collection. The subjects include well-known photographers Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Imogen Cunningham, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, André Kertész, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eadweard Muybridge, Cindy Sherman, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston. Also included are the modernists Isle Bing, Lee Miller, Tina Modotti, Val Telberg, and Max Thorek, and contemporary photographers Dag Alveng, Peter Beard, Vance Gellert, Arno Minkkinen, and Jan Saudek.
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