Addison Gallery of American Art presents Frame by Frame. Photographic Series and Portfolios from the Collection, an exhibition on view February 2 – April 14, 2013.
William Christenberry, Coleman’s Cafe – Greensboro, Alabama from 15 Alabama Photographs, 1971, color photograph, gift of William P. Heidrich and Arthur Grant Heidrich III, 2005.22.4
Focusing on twentieth-century documentary photography, this exhibition includes Aaron Siskind’s Harlem Document, a vibrant portrayal of 1930s Harlem culture and society; Robert Frank’s pivotal series, The Americans, a piercing look beneath the surface of 1950s American life; Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang, a moving portrait of postwar inner-city youth culture; William Christenberry’s Alabama Pictures, an intimate chronicle of the effects of time’s passage on the artist’s beloved South; Bill Owens’ Suburbia, an alternately humorous, poignant, and devastating view of 1970s America and the middle class migration to the suburbs; and William Eggleston’s portfolio 14 Pictures, a collection of the artist’s characteristically understated images in which the everyday is imbued with beauty and mystery. www.andover.edu
