Press Kits

A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 Press Images

iHome

RaMell Ross (American, born 1982), iHome, 2013, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Marilyn and Donald Keough Family Foundation, 2022.159. © RaMell Ross.

2022.159 Ross Unframed Crp O2 (1)

Georgian house, with posed African-American family, Norfolk Harbor, Virginia

Unidentified Photographer, Georgian house, with posed African-American family, Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, late 1850s, whole-plate ambrotype, collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. Photo by Steven Paneccasio.

Mattis Ambro For Screen Viewcrp O2

2nd Regiment, United States Colored Light Artillery, Battery A: Ram

Unidentified Photographer, 2nd Regiment, United States Colored Light Artillery, Battery A: Ram, ca. 1864, albumen silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Lucinda Weil Bunnen Fund and the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family, 2021.275.

2021.275 Artillery Ram Crp O2

Bonsil’s Photo Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

Isaac H. Bonsall (American, 1833–1909), Bonsil’s Photo Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 1865, albumen silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Lucinda Weil Bunnen Fund and the Donald Marilyn Keough Family, 2021.269.

2021.269 Bonsall Crp O2

A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia

John Reekie (American, born Scotland, 1832–1885), A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865, published 1866, albumen silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Lucinda Weil Bunnen Fund and the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family, 2021.267.

2021.267 Reekie Crp O2

High School Students after Black Lives Matter Protest, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.

An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960), High School Students after Black Lives Matter Protest, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C., 2020, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, commissioned with funds from the Forward Arts Foundation for the Picturing the South series, 2021.143. © An-My Lê.

2021.143 Hi Res Le High School Students Jpg O2 (1)

New Orleans, Louisiana

Rosalind Fox Solomon (American, born 1930), New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992, printed 1993, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Renee Levow, 2021.93. © Rosalind Fox Solomon.

2021.93 Solomon Crp O2

Deep South, Untitled (Scarred Tree)

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Scarred Tree), 1999, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Jane and Clay Jackson, 2019.221. © Sally Mann.

2019.221 Mann O2 (1)

Untitled

Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972), Untitled, 1963, printed ca. 1963, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift in honor of Edward Anthony Hill, 2018.69. © Estate of the artist.

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Girl on Car, Athens, GA

Mark Steinmetz (American, born 1961), Girl on Car, Athens, GA, 1996, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Friends of Photography, 2017.305. © Mark Steinmetz.

2017.305 Steinmetz Crp O2

Untitled 28, from the Suburbia series

Sheila Pree Bright (American, born 1967), Untitled 28, from the Suburbia series, 2007, dye coupler print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Hagedorn Family and the Friends of Photography, 2015.344. © Sheila Pree Bright.

2015.344 Bright O2

The Masks Grow to Us

Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985), The Masks Grow to Us, 1947, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Robert Yellowlees, 2015.40. © Estate of the artist.

2015.40 Laughlin O2

Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-Shopping, Mobile, Alabama

Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006), Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-Shopping, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, printed 2012, inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2014.386.8. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

2014.386.8 Parks O2

Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama

William Christenberry (American, 1936–2016), Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama, 1983, printed 2001, dye coupler print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of the artist, 2014.101. © Estate of the artist.

2014.101 Christenberry O2

Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana

Richard Misrach (American, born 1949), Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana, 1998, printed 2012, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, commissioned with funds from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust, Lucinda W. Bunnen, and High Museum of Art Enhancement Fund for the Picturing the South series, 2012.7. © 1998 Richard Misrach / Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, Pace-MacGill Gallery and Marc Selwyn Fine Arts.

Streaks

Enchanted Forest (36), Texas

Alec Soth (American, born 1969), Enchanted Forest (36), Texas, 2006, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, commissioned with funds from Photo Forum and the Friends of Photography for the Picturing the South series, 2009.12. © Alec Soth / Magnum Photos.

2009.12 Soth O2

Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama

Bob Adelman (American, 1930–2016), Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell, 2007.172. © Estate of the artist.

2007.172 Adelman O2

The March from Selma

Matt Herron (American, 1931–2020), The March from Selma, 1965, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Gloria and Paul Sternberg, 1999.154.5. © Estate of the artist.

1999 154 5 001

Martin Luther King Jr. Arrested, Montgomery, Alabama

Charles Moore (American, 1931–2010), Martin Luther King Jr. Arrested, Montgomery, Alabama, 1958, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection, 1994.63. © Estate of the artist.

1994.63 Moore By Harholdt Alt1 4367 O2

Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Georgia

Lewis Hine (American, 1874–1940), Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Georgia, 1913, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Murray H. Bring, 1984.207.

1984.207 Hine O2

Atlanta, Georgia

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975), Atlanta, Georgia, 1936, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Atlanta Foundation, 75.29. © Estate of the artist.

75.29 Evans Atlanta Barbershop O2 (1)

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, Ga., No. 1

George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902), Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, Ga., No. 1, 1864, printed 1866, albumen silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Mrs. Everett N. McDonnell, 75.23.

75.23 Barnard O2 (1)

Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Va.

James Van Der Zee (American, 1886–1983), Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Va., 1907, printed later, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase, 74.143 B. © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

74.143 B Van Der Zee O2