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A Brief History of Photography through Portraiture
Currently closed for re-installation. Will re-open on Friday July 19.
The Norton’s new Kenneth C. Griffin Building features the first dedicated gallery – the Jodi Ann Saltzman Gallery – to showcase the Museum’s permanent collection of photography. The inaugural installation of approximately 60 works will trace the history of the medium through portraiture. Beginning with 19th-century daguerreotypes and albumen prints, and ending with 21st-century examples by artists such as Tim Hailand, Shirin Neshat, and Arne Svenson, these works examine the reciprocal influences between photography and the portrait. Works by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Julia Margaret Cameron, August Sander, Dorothea Lange, Irving Penn, Thomas Ruff, and Lalla Essaydi also will be on view.
Alexander Hesler (American, born Canada, 1823 – 1895), Printed by George B. Ayres (American, 19th Century), Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1860, printed 1881
Shirin Neshat (Iranian, born 1957), I am Its Secret, 1993
Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815 – 1867), J. F. W. Herschel, 1867
Arne Svenson (American, born 1952), Sock Monkey #1598, 2000
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art. Support for this exhibition was provided by the William and Sarah Ross Soter Photography Fund.