Opening Reception — Revisions: Celebrating 50 Years of the UMBC Photography Collections
At the Library Gallery
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
Date & Time
September 12, 2024, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Description
The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents an Opening Reception and Curatorial Tour for the exhibition Revisions: Celebrating 50 Years of the UMBC Photography Collections.
Revisions features highlights and lesser-known gems from UMBC’s considerable photography holdings. Looking back at a half-century of collecting, the exhibition offers thematic groupings and visual juxtapositions of photographs from the nineteenth century to the present. The display asks viewers to approach the history of photography with fresh eyes. Among the artists featured are Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Cary Beth Cryor, Darryl Curran, Judy Dater, Robert Frank, Roland Freeman, Ralph Gibson, Lewis Hine, Lisette Model, and Alfred Stieglitz.
Visitor Information
Admission is free. For complete driving and parking information, please visit here.
Image: Mary Ellen Mark, Ward 81, Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon, 1976. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Andrew Cahan, The Photography Collections, UMBC (P2013-32-001) © Mary Ellen Mark, courtesy of The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation/Howard Greenberg Gallery
