Fender Duo-Sonic, NYC, Patti Smith, 2009, gelatin silver print.
Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Image credit: © Patti Smith
Jackson Smith, NYC, Patti Smith, 2006, gelatin silver print.
Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Image credit: © Patti Smith
Self-Portrait, NYC, Patti Smith, 2003, gelatin silver print.
Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Image credit: © Patti Smith
Walt Whitman's Tomb, Camden, NJ, Patti Smith, 2007, gelatin silver print.
Courtesy the artist and Robert Miller Gallery, New York. Image credit: © Patti Smith
Winged Cherubim, San Severino Marche, Patti Smith, 2009, unique Polaroid print.
Gift of David and Mary Dangremond in Memory of Leicester and Mary Plant Faust. Image credit: © Patti Smith
Patti Smith: Camera Solo
June 1–September 2, 2012
This is the first American museum exhibition to focus on the photography of artist, poet, and performer Patti Smith. Smith's photographs are infused with personal meaning and highlight the rich relationships between art, architecture, poetry and the everyday. This selection of images from the past decade reveals the artists, poets, authors, family and friends from whom Smith draws inspiration. The exhibition includes 70 black and white gelatin silver prints and a small selection of original Polaroid prints and items from Smith’s personal collection.
In the era of digital imaging and manipulation, Smith’s works champion the use of photography in its most classical sense: as a tool to document a “found” moment. She finds the poetic qualities of a particular time and place and captures that beauty on film. The photographs explore themes that have been significant in Smith’s work, including poets and writers, portraiture, travel, and art and architecture.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue featuring an interview with Smith by exhibition curator Susan L. Talbott, director and CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
This exhibition was organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
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