Photographers’ artistry forges feelings

“Looking at the Icebergs Near Franklin Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, Dec. 21, 2006” (detail) by Camile Seasman. Museum purchase, funds provided by the Melvin and Lorna Rubin Fund.

GAINESVILLE, FL (PNAN) – On view at the Harn Museum of Art through May 14, 2023, “AWE-some: time :: materiality :: meaning” is an exhibition that celebrates new photographs recently added to the museum’s permanent collection.

The exhibit’s theme is: recognition of several brilliant, dedicated photographers, their time, their actual prints and why they made them are joined by quotes on the walls by noted authors, including the about each photographer’s process and intention; thusly telling also about what and why good artmaking can do for the heart and mind.

“Jen and Robbie” Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2021” by Rania Matar. Museum purchase, funds provided by the Melvin and Lorna Rubin Fund.

Furthering the AWE-some viewing experience, it spawns a self-reflection and an appreciation for the vision and artistry of fifteen fine art photographer’s response to the world. They can rouse feelings in us about life and living that connect us or help us rethink what we thought we knew.

Additionally postponed in 2020, in the Rubin photo-gallery alcove, “mother, wife, sister, friend … and the people who loved them” is an exhibition of 50 amateur snapshots from 1915 to 1960 that show work, leisure and shenanigans among women and their families.

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