Photography as a Way of Life offers a new understanding of mid-century photographic modernism by examining the careers of three central figures of the period: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan. Seeking to carve out a new role and status for art photography, just as a new crop of photography programs were emerging within higher education, they established themselves as icons among the first generation of college-level photography teachers. Featuring around 150 photographs alongside select correspondence and other documents, Photography as a Way of Life explores how photography is taught through the lens of these influential photographers, teachers, and thinkers.
Drawing on the rich photography holdings of the Princeton University Art Museum and its Minor White Archive, this exhibition brings together iconic and previously unpublished color and black-and-white prints, rarely seen slides, and an array of published and archival materials that illuminate a vision of making a living and shaping a life through photography. Linda Connor's Seven Sacred Pools, Maui, Hawaii (1978) will be on display in the exhibition and catalogue.
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