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Conversation XVI: Photography from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

These selections from the Spencer’s collection of photography have been chosen to complement the course HA 580: The History of Photography. The photographs, including examples by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Nadar, and Sally Mann, suggest the range of physical properties, subjects, and styles that have characterized and defined the photographic medium over the nearly 175 years since its invention in the 1830s.

Works of art

Anna Atkins (1799–1871), Robinia pseudo-acacia (America) — Robinia pseudo-acacia (America)

Anna Atkins

circa 1851–1854

Edouard-Denis Baldus (1813–1889), St. Ricquier — St. Ricquier

Edouard-Denis Baldus

circa 1855

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889), Le Peintre Decamps et sa Famille (The Painter Decamps and his Family) — Le Peintre Decamps et sa Famille (The Painter Decamps and his Family)

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

1860

Nadar (1820–1910), Portrait of George Sand — Portrait of George Sand

Nadar

circa 1863

Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), Plate 361 — Plate 361

Eadweard Muybridge

1887

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), Mother and Child — Mother and Child

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

1897

Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943), North Porch, Wells Cathedral — North Porch, Wells Cathedral

Frederick Henry Evans

late 1800s–early 1900s

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Young Girl in Textile Factory — Young Girl in Textile Factory

Lewis Wickes Hine

circa 1910

Paul Strand (1890–1976), From the Viaduct, New York — From the Viaduct, New York

Paul Strand

1916

Eugène Atget (1857–1927), Place du Tertre, Mars — Place du Tertre, Mars

Eugène Atget

circa 1922

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama — Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans

1936

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs — Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs

Margaret Bourke-White

1938

Man Ray (1890–1976), Rayograph #182 — Rayograph #182

Man Ray

1923

Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), Chartres, Flying Buttresses — Chartres, Flying Buttresses

Charles Sheeler

1929

Ansel Adams (1902–1984), Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California — Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California

Ansel Adams

1944

Harry Callahan (1912–1999), Eleanor, Chicago — Eleanor, Chicago

Harry Callahan

1949

Robert Frank (1924–2019), U.S. 285, New Mexico — U.S. 285, New Mexico

Robert Frank

1955

Garry Winogrand (1928–1984), Castle Rock, Colorado — Castle Rock, Colorado

Garry Winogrand

1960

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), A Husband and Wife in the Woods at a Nudist Camp, NJ — A Husband and Wife in the Woods at a Nudist Camp, NJ

Diane Arbus

1963

Betty Hahn (born 1940), Road and Rainbow — Road and Rainbow

Betty Hahn

1971

Lee Friedlander (born 1934), Albuquerque — Albuquerque

Lee Friedlander

1972

Sally Mann (born 1951), Jessie in the Wind — Jessie in the Wind

Sally Mann

1989

Luis González Palma (born 1957), Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I) — Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I)

Luis González Palma

1989

Zeke Berman (born 1951), Crushed Can and Scratchboard — Crushed Can and Scratchboard

Zeke Berman

1992

Jeff Brouws (born 1955), Twelve Drive-Ins I — Twelve Drive-Ins I

Jeff Brouws

2005

Marco Breuer (born 1966), untitled (C-465) — untitled (C-465)

Marco Breuer

2004

portrait of man wearing eyeglasses — portrait of man wearing eyeglasses

circa 1850

portrait of Maria Burbidge, aged 8 years — portrait of Maria Burbidge, aged 8 years

circa 1850

unknown maker, portrait of baby — portrait of baby

unknown maker

circa 1855

portrait of three Union soldiers — portrait of three Union soldiers

1860s