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Exposure: Photos from the Vault

 

Opens April 30, 2010

 

Dive into the depths of our photography collection in Exposure: Photos from the Vault. Featuring more than 50 photographs—including many works that are on view at the DAM for the first time—the photography department's premier exhibition includes iconic images by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Chuck Close, and Garry Winogrand alongside recent acquisitions by Petah Coyne, Shirin Neshat, and others.

 

Exposure is located in the new Anthony and Delisa Mayer Photography Gallery on level seven of the North Building.

 


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Selected Works

Allegiance with Wakefulness, Shirin Neshat
Allegiance with Wakefulness, Shirin Neshat

Untitled, George Woodman

Milk Drop Coronet, Harold Edgerton

Thunder Head, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

Cinnabar Mountain, Devil’s Slide, Frank Jay Haynes


Animal Locomotion Plate 650, Eadweard Muybridge

 

 

    

 

The photography department was founded through the vision and energy of Evan Anderman, John Grant, Robert G. Lewis, Anthony R. Mayer, and director emeritus Lewis Sharp. Major funding for the gallery is provided by Delisa and Anthony R. Mayer. Additional support is graciously provided by Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer, Evan and Elizabeth Anderman, Julie and Robert G. Lewis, Cathey and Richard Finlon, Frederick M. Mayer, Devon Dikeou and Fernando Troya, Polly and Mark Addison, and Nancy Tieken.