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Through The Eyes Of Durdy Bayramov: Turkmen Village Life, 1960-80s

Durdy Bayramov (1938-2014) grew up in an orphanage in Turkmenistan and overcame the significant challenges of his youth to become an acclaimed Eurasian artist. Through a prolific career as a painter that spanned more than 55 years, Bayramov was best known for his compelling portraits. His tender approach evokes the special character and qualities of each of his subjects, with whom he shared a deep rapport.…

Exhibition Opening: VINTAGE: ITALY 1964 (Photographs by Hope Wurmfeld)

Vintage: Italy 1964 An exhibition of photographs by Hope Herman Wurmfeld. On view through October 13 Mon-Fri 10-5 The black and white photographs featured in this exhibition were first shown in the Graphics Department of the Princeton University Library and some were bought by the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. The portraits and landscapes of Italian life during that year, primarily…

Exhibition Opening: Landscapes (Photographs by Giuseppe Di Piazza)

Landscapes: An exhibition of photographs by Giuseppe Di Piazza. On view through June 16, 2017 Mon-Fri 10-5 Observing these photographs, the perceptions of touch and vision are one and the same. The choice of a particular location and that of wanting to narrate it, implies exposing oneself, defining a perspective from a personal observation point. It is from this point…

Empire in the Album: Soviet Travel Photography and Generational Memories of Socialism Today

Please join us for a talk with Olga Shevchenko, Professor of Sociology at Williams College. This ‘show-and-tell” talk examines the ideological messages embedded in vernacular photographs preserved in private archived of former Soviet citizens. More specifically, it will focus on vernacular photography as a micro-technology of power, one that translates into everyday terms and naturalizes for subsequent generations such profoundly ideological…