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At the Crossroads of American Photography: Callahan, Siskind, Sommer

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

January 31-May 13, 2009

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The exhibition will include ca. 150 exquisite images and examines the interrelationship of three photographers who helped define the course of American photography: Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Frederick Sommer (who lived in Prescott, Arizona). Although each has been honored with individual museum retrospectives, this is the first full comparison of their work and exploration of their robust exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and experimentation. Self-taught as photographers, they helped shape the evolution of photography as an art form. Their work is an important bridge between classic mid-century photography and hybrid artistic approaches to the medium today. This exhibition highlights the powerful role of such camaraderie in shaping photography at this seminal time, before the emergence of a market for photography and before widespread artistic acceptance of the medium. It showcases the amazing legacy of photography in Arizona and a significant number of loans from area collections.

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  Tickets: $7/Adults, $5/Students, Free/Members and Children Under 15, Free Admission Every Thursday

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  January 31-May 13, 2009

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  Fall, Winter and Spring Hours (September - June): Tuesday-Wednesday 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday 10:00am-8:00pm, Friday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm.

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  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

  7374 East Second Street Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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