Framing Moments: Photography from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Kalamazoo Institute of Art

Framing Moments: Photography from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

February 6 though May 16, 2021

Curated by internationally renowned author, curator, historian, and photographer, Dr. Deborah Willis. As a Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Framing Moments will explore what it means to make and collect photography. Culled from the Kalamazoo institute of Arts distinctive photography collection, ranging from the mid-19th century to the 20th century, extending to the 21st century, this presentation will explore how photographers create images that reserve moments, people, and places. Willis states, for the last 60 years, KIA curators attempted to build a unique collection based on the aesthetic, political, and everyday moments of their time. By focusing on the times they were made and collected, Willis reimagines and explores what stories and moments the KIA curators were drawn to by iconic photographers, such as: Ansel Adams, Dawoud Bey, Matthew Brady, Sheila Pree Bright, Barbara Crane, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Dorethea Lange, Danny Lyon, Barbara Morgan, Vik Muniz, Shirin Neshat, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, P.H. Polk, Diego Rivera, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, James VanDerZee, Edward Weston, Minor White, Garry Winogrand, Ernest Withers, Marion Post Walcott, among many others. This seminal exhibition will feature approximately 125 photographs that juxtapose international and regional photographers who captured topographic images of iconic buildings, explored modern photographic aesthetics, and documented pivotal moments of social change and conflict, revealing everyday life.

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