Jess T. Dugan is a photographer whose work largely focuses on members of the LGBTQ+ community. Dugan makes photographic portraits […]
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins Museum of Art, The Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
The Secret, Alachua, FL by Photographer Michael Bühler-Rose
How The Secret, Alachua, FL by photographer Michael Bühler-Rose helps expand our sense of what cultural exchange might mean.
Celebrate Women's History in the Arts, Celebrating Black Art and Artists, The Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Lorna Simpson: Artist and Pioneer of Conceptual Photography
A pioneer of conceptual photography, Lorna Simpson is best known for her large-scale works combining images and text. Simpson’s photography often questions and challenges conventional views on gender, sexuality, race, identity, and culture in the United States.
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Work of the Week: Gertrude Käsebier, “The Red Man”
Gertrude Käsebier was an early supporter of the Pictorialism movement, which sought to reverse the idea that photography could not be painterly. Joining the likes of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen in the Photo Secession group, she adopted several older, labor-intensive printing styles, used alternative chemicals that yielded more nuanced tonal ranges, and reworked her plates with paintbrushes and other methods before printing. In the pictorialists’ hands, photography was art and being a photographer was a professionalized artistic craft.
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Work of the Week: David Hilliard, “Wiser than Despair”
David Hilliard(American, b. 1964), Wiser Than Despair, 2012, C-print, 24 in. x 80 in. The AlfondCollection of Contemporary Art at […]
Research Highlights: Insights into the American Art Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
When Photography Became Art: Pictorialism
Today I would like to consider two photographs by American photographers, The Red Man by Gertrude Käsebier and Ziletta by […]