Montclair Art Museum showcases Victoria Sambunaris's American landscape photography
The Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey has opened 'Victoria Sambunaris: Transformation of the American Landscape,' an exhibition featuring large-scale photographs by Victoria Sambunaris. For over 25 years, Sambunaris has traveled solo across the United States with a 5x7-inch field camera, documenting intersections of natural and manmade environments. Her images capture rail lines, mines, power plants, and human traces in remote landscapes. The show includes related materials from her ongoing exploration of how industry and infrastructure transform the American landscape. It coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Victoria Sambunaris: Transformation of the American Landscape'
- Opened at Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey
- Features large-scale photographs by Victoria Sambunaris
- Sambunaris has traveled alone across the US for over 25 years
- Uses a 5x7-inch field camera
- Documents human intervention, industry, and infrastructure
- Subjects include rail lines, mines, power plants
- Timed to coincide with the US 250th anniversary
Entities
Artists
- Victoria Sambunaris
Institutions
- Montclair Art Museum
Locations
- Montclair
- New Jersey
- United States