20th Century Photographers Featured in Exhibit

SALISBURY, MD--The 20th Century American Photographers: Selections from the Salisbury University Collection exhibit is on display in Fulton Hall Gallery August 31-September 28. The exhibit will be open Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturday–Sunday, noon–4 p.m. The exhibit features works created by many of America’s premier photographers who have been recognized for creating some of the finest photographic images of the 20th century, including Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Yousuf Karsh.The display is a comprehensive photographic collection the University Galleries has built over the past eight years. The images range from Strand's shot of St. Francis Church in Ranchos de Taos, NM, to Adams’ landscape photographs of Yosemite National Park.  Other featured photographs include Eliot Porter’s dye transfer print “Foxtail Grass” and the modern day “Quad-Tone” digital images of George DeWolfe. 

Photography existed for more than 150 years but has not always been valued as a form of art. Due to the power of the camera to make exact replications, photography was once debated as not having a true artistic nature. This changed in 1902, when Alfred Steiglitz founded the New York based Photo-Secession Group that attempted to promote photography as fine art. Stieglitz and his group are largely responsible for the way photography is appreciated today.

The SU display includes photographs by other historically renowned photographers such as Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White and Aaron Siskind and the works of modern masters Norman McGrath, John Wawrzonek, Bret Weston, Susan Middleton, David Liittschwager, Les McLean and Richard Newman, as well as other contemporary photographers.

For more information about the exhibit call 410-548-2547 or visit the University’s Web site at www.salisbury.edu.