Sep 23 2020
Rebecca Senf Virtual Lecture

Rebecca Senf Virtual Lecture

Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures at Online/Virtual Space

Join us for a virtual lecture with Rebecca Senf on her new book, Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams, an unprecedented and eye-opening examination of the early career of one of America’s most celebrated photographers. Presented as part of the 2020 PGH Photo Fair’s Lecture Series in partnership with Silver Eye Center for Photography and Carnegie Museum of Art.

One of the most influential photographers of his generation, Ansel Adams (1902–1984) is famous for his dramatic photographs of the American West. Although many of Adams’s images are now iconic, his early work has remained largely unknown. In this first monograph dedicated to the beginnings of Adams’s career, Rebecca A. Senf, chief curator at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, argues that these early photographs are crucial to understanding Adams’s artistic development and offer new insights into many aspects of the artist’s mature oeuvre.

Drawing on copious archival research, Senf traces the first three decades of Adams’s photographic practice—beginning with an amateur album made during his childhood and culminating with his Guggenheim-supported National Parks photography of the 1940s. Highlighting the artist’s persistence in forging a career path and his remarkable ability to learn from experience as he sharpened his image-making skills, this beautifully illustrated volume also looks at the significance of the artist’s environmentalism, including his involvement with the Sierra Club.

Admission Info

This event is free, with registration.

The viewing link will be emailed out to all registrants on Wednesday, September 23.

Email: info@pittsburghlectures.org

Dates & Times

2020/09/23 - 2020/09/23

Additional time info:

Copies of Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams will be available for sale from White Whale Bookstore.

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space