Print Study - Community User or Visitor - Theme Boxes
Theme boxes available for Print Study appointments.
Ansel Adams: Landscape, Still Life, Architecture
Ansel Adams, best known for his awe-inspiring images of pristine American landscapes, was also fond of photographing still life arrangements and architectural structures. This group of 15 photographs includes will known scenes such as Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1941), bulto and retablo scenes from New Mexico churches, a composition of an egg, grater, and milk bottle, a church façade from Cordova, New Mexico, and Sunrise, Old Walpi Pueblo, Arizona (1942).
Documentary Photography: Images by Magnum Photos Agency Photographers
Magnum is a co-operative owned by its photographer members who have chronicled the world and interpreted its peoples and events for the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries, and museums since 1947. Included in this group of 26 photographs are images by 6 Magnum photojournalists whose work is in the Center’s fine print collection:
- Eve Arnold, born in Philadelphia to Russian immigrant parents, was the first female member of Magnum. She studied photography in 1948 with Alexi Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research in New York. Her subsequent years in China led to her first major solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 1980. The Center has 14 photographs by Arnold in its collection. This theme box includes: Cowboy, Inner Mongolian Steppes and Member of Militia, Inner Mongolia, both from 1979.
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in France in 1908, had a strong interest in Surrealism. Known for his concept of “the decisive moment,” he was a co-founder of Magnum. The Center has 12 photographs by Cartier-Bresson in its collection. This theme box includes Moslem Women Praying, Kashmir (1948) and Seville, Spain (1933).
- Elliot Erwitt was born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928. He developed an interest in photography while living in Hollywood and joined Magnum in 1953 at the invitation of its cofounder Robert Capa. The Center has 31 photographs by Erwitt in its collection. This theme box includes images that speak to the artist’s ability to create witty visual puns: Coke Machine & Missiles, Alabama, U.S.A. (1974); and Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan (1977).
- Inge Morath was born in Graz, Austria, in 1923 and was invited by Robert Capa to join Magnum in 1955. Her approach to a photo story was to let it grow without concern for narrative structure, trusting her experience and interest to shape her work rather than an editorial formula. She made striking, unsentimental pictures that were guided by her relationship to a place and her interest in people. The Center has 11 photographs by Morath in its collection. This theme box includes Mrs. Eveleigh Nash, Buckingham Palace Mall, London (1953) and Dancer, Sevilla (1987).
- W. Eugene Smith, often referred to as the father of photojournalism, was born in Witchita, Kansas, in 1919. The center has more than 3,000 photographs by Smith in its collection and is home to the W. Eugene Smith Archive. This theme box includes images from his popular 1951 Life magazine essay, “Spanish Village,” such as a woman spinning thread and members of the Spanish Civil Guard.
- Alex Webb is a contemporary photographer born in San Francisco and best known for his vibrant and complex work, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Center has 3 photographs by Webb in its collection. This theme box includes US-Mexico Border, 1979.