Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The Dulwich Picture Gallery is hosting 'Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography,' showcasing over 100 significant pieces by photographers from the 20th century. This exhibition highlights how photography captured the swift urban growth within American cities. Notable contributors to the collection include Lewis Hine, Edward Steichen, Saul Leiter, Robert Adams, Peter Hujar, Garry Winogrand, Rebecca Lepkoff, Helen Levitt, Arthur Leipzig, Mary Ellen Mark, Walker Evans, and John Gutmann. Curator Alexander Moore offers insights on various pieces. All artworks are provided on loan by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, currently held at Lillehammer Art Museum/Drammens Museum. The exhibition is open until 4 October.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography' at Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Over 100 landmark works by influential 20th-century photographers
- Showcases how photography shaped collective understanding of the American city
- Runs until 4 October
- All works lent by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB, on deposit to Lillehammer Art Museum/Drammens Museum
- Features photographers: Lewis Hine, Edward Steichen, Saul Leiter, Robert Adams, Peter Hujar, Garry Winogrand, Rebecca Lepkoff, Helen Levitt, Arthur Leipzig, Mary Ellen Mark, Walker Evans, John Gutmann
- Curator Alexander Moore provides commentary on selected works
- Exhibition demonstrates how urban expansion catalysed the camera's rise as a documentary tool
Entities
Artists
- Lewis Hine
- Edward Steichen
- Saul Leiter
- Robert Adams
- Peter Hujar
- Garry Winogrand
- Rebecca Lepkoff
- Helen Levitt
- Arthur Leipzig
- Mary Ellen Mark
- Walker Evans
- John Gutmann
- Diane Arbus
- Lee Friedlander
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Dorothea Lange
- Victor 'Frenchy' Gosselin
Institutions
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- The Savings Bank Foundation DNB
- Lillehammer Art Museum
- Drammens Museum
- Fraenkel Gallery
- Howard Greenberg Gallery
- Zander Galerie
- The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation
- Walker Evans Archive
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Center for Creative Photography
- Arizona Board of Regents
- Museum of Modern Art
- Photo League
- Life
- Rolling Stone
- The New Yorker
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Colorado Springs
- Colorado
- Los Angeles
- California
- Harlem
- Lower East Side
- East River
- Brooklyn
- Great Plains
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Missouri
- San Francisco
- Cologne
- Paris
- London
- United Kingdom