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Curatorial Conversation: Andrea Nelson--The New Woman Behind the Camera,

Curatorial Conversation: Andrea Nelson--The New Woman Behind the Camera,

Name: Curatorial Conversation: Andrea Nelson--The New Woman Behind the Camera,
Start: 2021-04-15T18:00:00-04:00
Location: High Museum of Art

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April 15, 2021, 6:00 pm High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA

Price: Members: FREE

Event DescriptionSave the date for an evening exploring the many ways women around the world radically shaped modern photography from the 1920s to the 1950s. In conjunction with the exhibition Underexposed: Women Photographers from the High Museum, Andrea Nelson, associate curator in the department of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, will discuss her groundbreaking exhibition and book The New Woman Behind the Camera. Joined by Sarah Kennel, Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography, Nelson will discuss the global phenomenon of the "New Woman," an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art, especially photography.Andrea Nelson is associate curator in the department of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. She has published on the history of the photobook as well as organized several exhibitions on modern and contemporary photography. Banner Image: Ilse Bing (American, born Germany, 1899-1998), Self Portrait in Mirrors, Paris, 1931, printed ca. 1941TAGSArtist/MakerAtlantanMemberModern ArtPhotographyScholarFree for MembersMe TimeTalks