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BEFORE THE CAMERA:
Remaking Reality and the Make-believe
October 14, 2006 through January 7, 2007

Comprising works from local and national collections, this exhibition looks at the distinction between "taking" and "making" photographs. Historically, photographers spoke about "taking" pictures, while artists referred to "making" an artwork. Over the past few decades these disparate notions of creativity have merged, with countless artists and/or photographers making the scene, subject or tableau to be photographed before the camera.

Organized by the Norton Museum of Art.

This exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of the Michael M. Rea Endowment and the Photography Committee of the Norton Museum of Art.

Media support provided by The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald.
 
    Memory Rendering of Kiss at Times Square Garage Self Portrait as my Uncle Gregory
    Vik Muniz: The Best of LIFE, Memory Rendering of Kiss at Times Square, 1988-90, gelatin silver print, 11 by 14 inches. Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins and Co., NYC
© Vik Muniz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY		 James Casebere: Garage, 2003,Digital chromogenic print mounted on Plexiglas, 70 x 92 inches, Courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery, New York,NY Gillian Wearing: Self Portrait as my Uncle Gregory from Album, 2003. Digital print edition 4/6. 48 by 32 inches. Courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Charles Clifton Fund, 2004
 

 

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