Inspired by the exhibitions Gainsborough’s Family Album and Confronting Childhood, Sarah Kennel ’92, the Byrne Family Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, explores the portrayal of childhood in the work of Sally Mann and other American photographers, including Emmet Gowin, Mary Ellen Mark, and Diane Arbus. A reception will follow.
Paradise Lost? Childhood and Its Discontents in the Photographs of Sally Mann
Title
Paradise Lost? Childhood and Its Discontents in the Photographs of Sally Mann
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Location
Art Museum
Sally Mann, American, born 1951. Under Blueberry Hill, 1991. Gelatin silver print, image: 48.3 × 58.4 cm. Museum purchase, Philip F. Maritz, Class of 1983, Photography Acquisitions Fund (2016-46) © Sally Mann, Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery