Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Don’t miss the new selection at The MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art announces two major photography acquisitions: nearly 60 examples of nineteenth-century photography from the Suzanne Winsberg Collection and 39 photographs by Richard Avedon.

Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, 1957,

The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries on the third floor will present photos from these two acquisitions from August 7, 2009, to March 22, 2010.

Selections include FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographs, all depicting various advertising, religious, and political signs; recent acquisitions by Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Frederick H. Evans, Philippe Halsman, and Adam Clark Vroman; and a number of other recent acquisitions.

[via photography-collection.com]