© Yousuf Karsh | Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956
Accession #1982.5.1
Gift of the DBCC Photographic Society
Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Georgia O’Keeffe
The Southeast Museum of Photography’s collection has been carefully cultivated over the years, representing a wide range of photographic styles, genres and techniques; Collected presents unique selections from the museum’s repository of nearly 6,000 objects.
Uniting seminal works of art from historic and contemporary photographers alike, this exhibition aims to showcase the museum’s diverse range of holdings, drawing connections from longstanding to recent acquisitions.
Yousuf Karsh's 1956 photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe conveys the artist's intensity, stoic character, and iconic quality. This image was a gift of the DBCC Photographic Society in 1982.
Jerry Uelsmann: Untitled, 1982
Uelsmann received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a founding member of The Society of Photographic Education and a former trustee of the Friends of Photography.
Uelsmann’s work has been exhibited in more than 100 individual shows in the United States and abroad over the past thirty years.
Unfortunatley, Ulesmann Passed away in April of 2022. However, decades before- this image was graciously donated to us here at the museum in 1982, as a gift of the Andrew Smith Gallery. Within our collection, we also have been gifted a handful of his other imagery over the years as well.
His website is still actively updated and can be accessed below:
© Jerry Ulesmann | Untitled, 1982, Accession #1986.3, Gift of Andrew Smith Gallery
About the Exhibit
Coupled by stylistic similarities or juxtapositions, the sequencing of works allows for new associations to form. Similar to a rich tapestry, in which interwoven threads are layered to form intricate patterns, this exhibition represents an array of photographic subjects and processes brought together in a transformative fashion. Collected allows audiences to appreciate these works anew–individually and as a whole–by drawing connections between artists, and across genres and years.
Collected underscores the importance of the artist’s creative process and the act of personal expression, while also highlighting interpretations of the landscape and elements of the natural world.