Exhibitions

PHOTOGRAPHY IN MEMPHIS

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art / 1934 Poplar Ave. October 26, 2019 - January 19, 2020

Photography in Memphis is both a celebration of and a reckoning with the history of the city through the work of 56 photographers. Spanning 1849 to today, the images capture places you’ve been, the people you know or wish you knew, and the events you experienced or were sorry you missed. Co-curated by chief curator Marina Pacini and Ciara Fisk, Studio Institute Summer Arts Intern, the exhibition includes artistic, documentary, and journalistic approaches to the medium. Organized thematically - portraiture, landscape, still life, daily life, and politics - many of the photographs straddle several subjects, which speaks to the fact that they often have a dual or complicated nature.