William Christenberry Photographs: 1961-2005 will present nearly a half-century of the work of William Christenbery whose photographic exploration of the American South has been ongoing for forty years. Drawing inspiration from such pioneers as Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975) and Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, b. 1931 and 1934), Christenberry has been a major influence on a generation of emerging photographers. Ranging from his earliest Brownie photographs from the early 1960s to later work with a large-format camera, this project surveys the artist's poetic documentation of Southern vernacular architecture, signage, and landscape, cap...

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In 1978, only two years after the end of China’s Cultural Revolution, photographer Inge Morath and her husband, playwright Arthur Miller, were invited to travel to China. They returned again in 1979 and 1983, fueled by Morath’s knowledge of Chinese language, poetry, and history, and Miller’s interest in the politics of the present moment. This exhibition captures two artists responding to a society in transition—photographs by Morath, accompanied by excerpts from both her and Miller's journals, which reflect Morath’s empathy for China's people and culture and her urgent desire to understand what Miller called ...

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