The exhibition highlights the changing genre of portrait photography and offers some contemporary versions and historical examples of the portrait recently acquired.
Diane Arbus, Richard Beard, Ernest J. Bellocq, Felix Bonfils, Chris Buck, Robert Cornelius, Jeanne Dunning, Walker Evans, Henry Fitz Jr., Samuel Fosso, Kathy Grannan, John S.F. Huddleston, Charles Isaacs, André Kertész, Louise Lawler, Susan Meiselas, Duane Michals, Mole & Thomas, Yasumasa Morimura, Samuel F.B. Morse, G. Frank E. Pearsall, Irving Penn, Milton Rogovin, Tomoko Sawada, Gary Schneider, Malick Sidibé, Lorna Simpson, Gerda Taro, Jerry L. Thompson, James VanDerZee, Andy Warhol, Carrie Mae Weems, Dorothy Wilding, George Williscroft, and unidentified photographers. Curated by Brian Wallis.
Recent Acquisitions 2005
Some Versions of the Portrait