These two exhibits are fabulous. Schiff makes amazing 360 degree panoramic photos. Kertész was one of my early favorite photographers during the first few years of my photo career in the 1970s. He was a contemporary of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Thomas R. Schiff: Virginia 360°
February 6, 2016 – June 19, 2016
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The noted American contemporary photographer Thomas R. Schiff uses a panoramic camera to create dynamic and startlingly original images of well-known buildings and familiar places: “I always like to go to places people are familiar with and show the perspective from a panoramic camera,” he recently stated. “The camera distorts everything in the picture – straight lines become curved and it throws off your perspective. It challenges your relationship to what is familiar or thought to be understood.”
Kertész
April 30, 2016 – October 13, 2016
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Regarded by art historians as one of the most important and influential photographers of the 20th century, André Kertész was a leading proponent of seeing the world through a Modernist eye. This exhibition of thirty photographs is drawn from VMFA’s collection and highlights the artist’s early career in Hungary while also focusing on seminal moments during the sixty years when he worked in Paris and then New York City.
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