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Photo Flashback: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Felicia Lewandowski, curator

University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition displays the best of the photographs acquired during 1974. Subjects range from humor and social comment to architectural design. Cecil Beaton's famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe is featured. Included is documentary photography recording social conditions and life styles by Walker vans, Paul Strand, Tony Ray-Jones, Leonard Freed and Richard Cross; early platinotypes by Frederick Evans; and examples of humor, experimentalism and formalism, by Erwitt, Savage and Bruguierre. Other artists represented are Bea Nettles, Richard Matthews, John Schulze and David Wing.

Works of art

Naomi Savage (1927–2005), Psalter — Psalter

Naomi Savage

1972

John Shultze, Totem — Totem

John Shultze

1970

Richard Mathews, South Coast — South Coast

Richard Mathews

1971

Stuart David Klipper (born 1941), Boston, July 1973 — Boston, July 1973

Stuart David Klipper

1973

Stuart David Klipper (born 1941), Harmon Place, Minneapolis Fall 1973 — Harmon Place, Minneapolis Fall 1973

Stuart David Klipper

1973

Richard Cross (1950–1983), Dakota Man, South Dakota, 1972 — Dakota Man, South Dakota, 1972

Richard Cross

1973

Richard Cross (1950–1983), Intelligence, Intensity, Madness, Chicago, 1972 — Intelligence, Intensity, Madness, Chicago, 1972

Richard Cross

1972

David Wing (born 1947), Mt. Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota — Mt. Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota

David Wing

1971

David Wing (born 1947), Near Norris, South Dakota — Near Norris, South Dakota

David Wing

1971

Bea Nettles (born 1946), Rainy Day Heart... — Rainy Day Heart...

Bea Nettles

1971

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Main Street, Saratoga Springs, NY — Main Street, Saratoga Springs, NY

Walker Evans

1931

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

Frederick Henry Evans

late 1800s–early 1900s

Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943), Church of St. Lazare, Avallon — Church of St. Lazare, Avallon

Frederick Henry Evans

late 1800s–early 1900s

John Everett Millais (1829–1896), Happy Springtime — Happy Springtime

John Everett Millais

1860

Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904–1980), Marilyn Monroe — Marilyn Monroe

Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton

1956

Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), Durham Miners' Gala — Durham Miners' Gala

Tony Ray-Jones

1972

Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), Fourth of June, Eton — Fourth of June, Eton

Tony Ray-Jones

1967

Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), Morecambe — Morecambe

Tony Ray-Jones

1969

Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), Opening of May Queen Fair, Maidstone, England — Opening of May Queen Fair, Maidstone, England

Tony Ray-Jones

1968

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023), Miami, Florida — Miami, Florida

Elliott Erwitt

1962

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023), Guanajuato, Mexico — Guanajuato, Mexico

Elliott Erwitt

1955

Leonard Freed (1929–2006), A Young Boy Plays "Tough" in the Streets of Harlem — A Young Boy Plays "Tough" in the Streets of Harlem

Leonard Freed

1963

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

Betty Hahn

1971