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Artificial Light: Flash Photography in the Twentieth Century
Explore diverse examples of flash photography, which gained widespread use in the 1920s with the invention of the mass-produced flashbulb. Hailed by many photographers for its ability to capture action and movement, flash aided in scientific pursuits including Harold Edgerton’s high-speed, stop-action prints and Berenice Abbott's photographic illustrations of scientific principles. Flash also played an important role in journalistic and documentary work, as reflected in images by Walker Evans, Lucy Ashjian, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks.
The garish, otherworldly, and oddly captivating look of flash pictures—as seen in the tabloid press and amateur family snapshots—was embraced by many artists, including Mark Cohen, William Eggleston, and William Klein. In this exhibition, see their work alongside portraits by Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Barbara Morgan, and Robert Mapplethorpe, candid explorations by Robert Frank, Daido Moriyama, and Weegee, and a selection of Polaroids by Andy Warhol.
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Explore diverse examples of flash photography, which gained widespread use in the 1920s with the invention of the mass-produced flashbulb. Hailed by many photographers for its ability to capture action and movement, flash aided in scientific pursuits including Harold Edgerton’s high-speed, stop-action prints and Berenice Abbott's photographic illustrations of scientific principles. Flash also played an important role in journalistic and documentary work, as reflected in images by Walker Evans, Lucy Ashjian, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks.
The garish, otherworldly, and oddly captivating look of flash pictures—as seen in the tabloid press and amateur family snapshots—was embraced by many artists, including Mark Cohen, William Eggleston, and William Klein. In this exhibition, see their work alongside portraits by Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Barbara Morgan, and Robert Mapplethorpe, candid explorations by Robert Frank, Daido Moriyama, and Weegee, and a selection of Polaroids by Andy Warhol.
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