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The Obvious and Beyond: Photographs from the Spencer Museum Collection

Robert Hickerson, curator
Luke Jordan, curator

South Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

The photographs were selected to show the wide range encompassed by photographic vision; the organization of photographs in the exhibition invites the viewer to make comparisons within narrower ranges of subject matter. The purpose of this exhibition can be posed as the question:

How do we ascribe meaning to, or interpret, a photograph?

Works of art

Jock Sturges (born 1947), Milly Welmoed, Anike and Natalie; Montalivet, France — Milly Welmoed, Anike and Natalie; Montalivet, France

Jock Sturges

1987

Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952), Astanihkyi - "Come-singing" - Blood — Astanihkyi - "Come-singing" - Blood

Edward Sheriff Curtis

1926

Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952), Itsipstsinikyi - "Kills-inside" - Piegan — Itsipstsinikyi - "Kills-inside" - Piegan

Edward Sheriff Curtis

1926

Etienne Carjat (1828–1906), Jules Verne — Jules Verne

Etienne Carjat

1876–1884

Etienne Carjat (1828–1906), Alexandre Dumas — Alexandre Dumas

Etienne Carjat

circa 1876

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Alfred Tennyson — Alfred Tennyson

Oscar Gustav Rejlander

1863

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), The Poet's Family at Farringford — The Poet's Family at Farringford

Oscar Gustav Rejlander

circa 1863

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), untitled (portrait of a girl) — untitled (portrait of a girl)

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

circa 1900

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), untitled (Mrs. Hermine Turner, Son, and Daughter Mina) — untitled (Mrs. Hermine Turner, Son, and Daughter Mina)

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

circa 1910

Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Student Teacher, Westerwald — Student Teacher, Westerwald

August Sander, Gunther Sander

1928

Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen — Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen

August Sander, Gunther Sander

1926

August Sander (1876–1964), Peasant Girls, Westerwald — Peasant Girls, Westerwald

August Sander

1928

Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Hod Carrier, Cologne — Hod Carrier, Cologne

August Sander, Gunther Sander

1929

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md. — Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md.

Diane Arbus

1970

Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947), Anderson Hays Cooper, son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper — Anderson Hays Cooper, son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper

Diane Arbus, Neil Selkirk

1967

Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947), untitled (No. 7) — untitled (No. 7)

Diane Arbus, Neil Selkirk

1970–1971

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Self-portrait — Self-portrait

Andy Warhol

1968

Roger Fenton (1819–1869), Lieut. Col. Hallewell, His Day's Work Over — Lieut. Col. Hallewell, His Day's Work Over

Roger Fenton

1855–1856

Larry Burrows (1926–1971), At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie, also known as Reaching Out — At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie, also known as Reaching Out

Larry Burrows

1966

International News Photo, "New York...The blood-spattered bodies of Joseph Amberg, and of Morris Kessler, alleged Brooklyn hoodlums, shown lying on the floor at a Brooklyn garage..." — "New York...The blood-spattered bodies of Joseph Amberg, and of Morris Kessler, alleged Brooklyn hoodlums, shown lying on the floor at a Brooklyn garage..."

International News Photo

1935

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.) — Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.)

Marion Palfi

1964

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life — Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life

Lewis Wickes Hine

circa 1915

Jim Goldberg (born 1953), untitled — untitled

Jim Goldberg

1979

Carl Fischer (1924–2023), Jack Ruby's Carousel Nightclub, Andrew Armstrong, bartender and Sherry Lynn and Diana Hunter, strippers — Jack Ruby's Carousel Nightclub, Andrew Armstrong, bartender and Sherry Lynn and Diana Hunter, strippers

Carl Fischer

1967

Garry Winogrand (1928–1984), New York City — New York City

Garry Winogrand

1971

William Henry Jackson (1843–1942), The Garden of the Gods — The Garden of the Gods

William Henry Jackson

1870s

Ansel Adams (1902–1984), Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (#28) — Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (#28)

Ansel Adams

1942

Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983), Chi. LA #155 — Chi. LA #155

Art Sinsabaugh

circa 1964

John Pfahl (born 1939), Triangle Bermuda — Triangle Bermuda

John Pfahl

1975

Francis Joseph Bruguière (1879–1945), untitled — untitled

Francis Joseph Bruguière

circa 1920s

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

Man Ray

1923

Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Lima 99 — Lima 99

Aaron Siskind

1979

Frederick Sommer (1905–1999), Moon Culmination — Moon Culmination

Frederick Sommer

1951

Todd Walker (1917–1998), Twins — Twins

Todd Walker

1969

Brassaï (1899–1984), Odalisque (Woman of the Harem) — Odalisque (Woman of the Harem)

Brassaï

1934–1935

Reed Estabrook (born 1944), Educational Dilemma: To Cheat — Educational Dilemma: To Cheat

Reed Estabrook

1979

Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939), untitled — untitled

Joel Peter Witkin

1987

Bill Brandt (1904–1983), Nude, East Sussex Coast — Nude, East Sussex Coast

Bill Brandt

1953

Minor White (1908–1976), Nude Foot, San Francisco — Nude Foot, San Francisco

Minor White

1949