An Exhibit of Great Photography in Washington, D.C.
These past few weeks, SEEN has bounced between Venice, Detroit, Randalls Island, and downtown, circa 1981, So why not Washington, D.C.? This month, the National Gallery of Art commemorates the 25th anniversary of its photography program with an exhibit called “The Memory of Time.†With a focus on contemporary photography, it explores how photographs have evolved from a recorder of (supposedly) unbiased truths, to a multifaceted medium where image, time, memory, and history are all manipulated. The exhibit opened on May 3 and runs until September 13.
Chuck Close
Kara, 2007
daguerreotype
21.59 x 16.51 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Sally Mann
Untitled (Self-Portraits), 2006-2012
nine ambrotypes
each: 38.1 × 34.29 cm (15 × 13 1/2 in.)
![Myra Greene
Untitled [Ref. #63], 2006
ambrotype 10.1 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.)](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/bca/601/17a2dfc79579a662757ed7120bd249d6ba-3911-014.2x.rdeep-vertical.w300.jpg)
![Myra Greene
Untitled [Ref. #63], 2006
ambrotype 10.1 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.)](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/bca/601/17a2dfc79579a662757ed7120bd249d6ba-3911-014.2x.rdeep-vertical.w450.jpg)
Myra Greene
Untitled [Ref. #63], 2006
ambrotype 10.1 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Photo: divs_common
David Maisel
History's Shadow GM12, 2010
inkjet print 100.33 x 75.57 cm (39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Photo: g-williams
Adam Fuss
For Allegra, from the series "My Ghost", 2012
daguerreotype 59.69 × 96.52 cm (23 1/2 × 38 in.)
Photo: Ana Le...
Adam Fuss
For Allegra, from the series "My Ghost", 2012
daguerreotype 59.69 × 96.52 cm (23 1/2 × 38 in.)
Photo: Ana Lee/Georgetown University Medical Center
Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #492 (North Slope Alaska - 24 Hours), 2011
13 gelatin silver paper negatives framed: 60.01 × 274.32 × 5.08 cm ...
Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #492 (North Slope Alaska - 24 Hours), 2011
13 gelatin silver paper negatives framed: 60.01 × 274.32 × 5.08 cm (23 5/8 × 108 × 2 in.)
Photo: g-williams
Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #541 (Galapagos), 2012
gelatin silver paper negative image: 25 × 20.3 cm (9 13/16 × 8 in.)
framed: 34.5 &time...
Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #541 (Galapagos), 2012
gelatin silver paper negative image: 25 × 20.3 cm (9 13/16 × 8 in.)
framed: 34.5 × 29.3 × 3.9 cm (13 9/16 × 11 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Photo: divs_common
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tri City Drive-In, San Bernardino, 1993
gelatin silver print 42.4 × 54.3 cm (16 11/16 × 21 3/8 in.)
Photo: divs...
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tri City Drive-In, San Bernardino, 1993
gelatin silver print 42.4 × 54.3 cm (16 11/16 × 21 3/8 in.)
Photo: divs_common
Vera Lutter
Ca' del Duca Sforza, Venice II: January 13-14, 2008, 2008
three gelatin silver paper negatives overall (framed): 265.43 × 430.53 &...
Vera Lutter
Ca' del Duca Sforza, Venice II: January 13-14, 2008, 2008
three gelatin silver paper negatives overall (framed): 265.43 × 430.53 × 7.62 cm (104 1/2 × 169 1/2 × 3 in.)
Linda Connor
September 3, 1895, 2002
gelatin silver print 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 7 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred...
Linda Connor
September 3, 1895, 2002
gelatin silver print 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 7 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
Photo: divs_common
Binh Danh
Ghost of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #1, 2008
daguerreotype 21.59 x 16.51 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Photo: divs_common
Idris Khan
Houses of Parliament, London, 2012
digital silver bromide print
Photo: g-williams
Mark Ruwedel
Canadian Pacific #3, 2000
gelatin silver print image: 19.4 × 24.1 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
mount: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 ...
Mark Ruwedel
Canadian Pacific #3, 2000
gelatin silver print image: 19.4 × 24.1 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
mount: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Andrew Moore
Model T Headquarters, Highland Park, Michigan, 2009
inkjet print 91.44 × 115.57 cm (36 × 45 1/2 in.)
Photo: g-williams
Moyra Davey
Copperhead #95, 1990
chromogenic print, printed 2010-2011 61 x 45.8 cm (24 x 18 1/16 in.)
Alison Rossiter
Eastman Kodak Azo Hard C Grade, expired November 1917, processed 2010 (#2), 2010
gelatin silver print 35.5 × 43 cm (14 ×...
Alison Rossiter
Eastman Kodak Azo Hard C Grade, expired November 1917, processed 2010 (#2), 2010
gelatin silver print 35.5 × 43 cm (14 × 16 15/16 in.)
Christian Marclay
Allover (A Gospel Reunion), 2009
cyanotype 143.51 x 267.97 cm (56 1/2 x 105 1/2 in.)
Photo: g-williams