Press Kits

Photography’s New Vision: Experiments in Seeing Press Images

It Lingers Sweetly

Naima Green (American, born 1992), It Lingers Sweetly, 2022, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the LGBTQIA+ Photography Centennial Initiative, 2024.70.

Composition

Florence Henri (Swiss, born United States, 1893-1982), Composition, 1932, printed 1972, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Dr. Joe B. Massey in honor of Maria L. Kelly, 2024.50.

Camera Obscura: View of Philadelphia from Loews Hotel Room #3013 with Upside Down Bed, April 14th

Abelardo Morell (American, born Cuba, 1948), Camera Obscura: View of Philadelphia from Loews Hotel Room #3013 with Upside Down Bed, April 14th, 2014, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art Atlanta, gift of Dr. Roger Hartl, 2022.266. © Abelardo Morell.

Studio (0X5A8180)

Paul Mpagi Sepuya (American, born 1982), Studio (0X5A8180), 2021, archival pigment print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Foundation, 2022.55. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya.

31 St. Beach

Charles Swedlund (American, born 1935), 31 St. Beach, ca. 1955, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Steven Nordman, 2021.370. © Charles Swedlund.

Light Drawing #8 (Smoke)

Nathan Lerner (American, 1913-1977), Light Drawing #8 (Smoke), 1938-1939, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Hilary Leff and Elliot Groffman, 2020.389.

Esme Swimming, Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore

Lucas Foglia (American, born 1983), Esme Swimming, Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore, 2014, pigmented inkjet print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Irene Zhou, 2020.152. ©Lucas Foglia.

Calaeno

Elizabeth Turk (American, born 1945), Calaeno, 2018, Van Dyke print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection, 2019.182. © Elizabeth Turk.

Construct NYC

Barbara Kasten (American, born 1936), Construct NYC, 1984, dye destruction print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection, 2012.611. © Barbara Kasten.

Sbor na demonstratsia (Gathering for a Demonstration)

Alexander Rodchenko (Russian, 1891-1956), Sbor na demonstratsia (Gathering for a Demonstration), 1928, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Joseph and Yolandra Alexander, Moscow/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2012.423. © Estate of Alexander Rodchenko/RAO, Moscow/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Still Life with Wine Glass: Photogram on 20” x 24” Film

Abelardo Morell (American, born Cuba, 1948), Still Life with Wine Glass: Photogram on 20” x 24” Film, 2006, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Friends of Photography, 2012.217. © Abelardo Morell.

Lightning Fields 182

Hiroshi Sugimoto (Japanese, born 1948), Lightning Fields 182, 2009, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase through funds provided by patrons of Collectors Evening 2012, 2012.3. © Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Untitled [Seated Woman with Necklace, Solarized]

Ilse Bing (American, born Germany, 1899-1998), Untitled [Seated Woman with Necklace, Solarized], 1943, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of the Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff, 2001.24.

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #37

Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991), Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #37, 1953, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Adair and Joe B. Massey in honor of Gus Kayafas, 2000.234.

Camera Movement on Flashlight, Chicago

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999), Camera Movement on Flashlight, Chicago, ca. 1949, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust, Dr. Robert L. and Lucinda W. Bunnen, Collections Council Acquisition Fund, Jackson Fine Art, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, Jane and Clay Jackson, Beverly and John Baker, Roni and Sid Funk, Gloria and Paul Sternberg, and Jeffery L. Wigbels, 1997.9. © 2018 The Estate of Harry Callahan.

Weed Against Sky, Detroit

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999), Weed Against Sky, Detroit, 1948, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of the Callahan and Hollinger Families, 1996.224. © 2018 The Estate of Harry Callahan.

Still Life with Wine Glass: Photogram on 20” x 24” Film

Abelardo Morell (American, born Cuba, 1948), Still Life with Wine Glass: Photogram on 20” x 24” Film, 2006, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Friends of Photography, 2012.217. © Abelardo Morell.

Palma Cuernavaca II

Edward Weston (American 1886-1958), Palma Cuernavaca II, 1925, palladium print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection to mark the retirement of Gudmund Vigtel, 1991.54. © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.

Espinas

Eugenia de Olazabal (Mexican, born 1936), Espinas, ca. 1985, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of the artist, 1990.43.

Agave Design I

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976), Agave Design I, ca. 1920, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1987.138. © The Imogen Cunningham Trust.

Protest

Barbara Morgan (American, 1900-1992), Protest, 1940, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase, 1987.39.

The Light That Never Was on Land or Sea

Francis Bruguière (American, 1879-1945), The Light That Never Was on Land or Sea, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1986.122.

Electrical Switches

Ralph Steiner, Electrical Switches, 1929, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 5/16 inches, purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1985.233.

Stage Set for Madame Butterfly

László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian 1895-1946), Stage Set for Madame Butterfly, 1931, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1984.227.

Untitled

Lucinda Bunnen (American, 1930-2022), Untitled, 1974, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection, 74.247. © Lucinda Bunnen.

Untitled

Jerry Uelsmann (American, born 1934), Untitled, 1964, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from a friend of the Museum, 74.83 D.

The Bridge

Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975), The Bridge, 1929, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Arnold H. Crane, 73.72 F. © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.