Act of sight
Subtitle: the Tsiaras Family Photography Collection
By: [edited and produced by Hannah W. Blunt]
Contributors: Tsiaras, Nancy, collector; Colby College. Museum of Art
Publisher: Colby College Museum of Art
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Waterville, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780982292228
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Photography; Exhibitions; Private collections; Photograph collections; Photographie; Collections privées
Description: "The remarkable Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, amassed by William and Nancy Tsiaras, boasts highlights from many of the medium's most significant artists. Act of Sight commemorates a gift from the Tsiaras family of over 400 photographs to the Colby College Museum of Art and features images by key practitioners such as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Clarence White, and Garry Winogrand. Dr. Tsiara's deep interest in photography grew out of his work as an academic ophthalmologist at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed friendships with the photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, professors at the nearby Rhode Island School of Design who were also his patients. In a statement written for the book, Dr. Tsiaras reflects on the role photography played in his upbringing, and on his relationships with Callahan, Siskind, and the multimedia artist Lucas Samaras. The book also features essays devoted to the oeuvres of Callahan, Joe Deal, Samaras, Siskind, and David Vestal by experts in the field, while shorter pieces provide analysis of individual pictures by William Christenberry, Lee Friedlander, Lauren Greenfield, Russell Lee, Helen Levitt, Gyorgy Kepes, Igne Morath, and Parks. Act of Sight testifies to the discerning eyes of those important collectors of photography at the same time that it presents a unique tour through the history of the medium, reflecting the pedagogical mission of the collection's home."--Publisher description
Notes: "This publication accompanies the exhibition Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, organized by the Colby College Museum of Art."--Colophon
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sharon Corwin; title: Collectors' reflection / William Tsiaras and Nancy Meyer Tsiaras; title: Plates : Gyorgy Kepes, Juliet with peacock feather, ca. 1937-38 / Elizabeth Finch; title: Russell Lee, Housing Plant, moving completely assembled panel to stacks, Southeast Missouri Farms Project, 1938 / Kim Sichel; title: Harry Callahan: Distinctly personal / Roz Gerstein; title: Helen Levitt, New York, ca. 1940, and New York, ca. 1942 / Diana Tuite; title: Inge Morath, Woman with Pail on Head, Two Giants Waiting to Participate in a Procession, Vigo, Spain, 1955 / Laura Elizabeth Shea; title: Aaron Siskind: Letting the subject speak / Lyle Rexer and Charles Traub; title: David Vestal: Look or you see nothing / Anna Fan; title: Joe Deal, Snow, High Plains, 2007, Fontana, California, 1978, and Sanitary Landfill, Corona, California, 1984 / Jan Howard; title: William Christenberry, Country Store with Gasoline Pumps, Emelle, Alabama, 1974 / Anthony W. Lee; title: Lee Fiedlander, Chicago, Illinois, 1968 / Vicki Goldberg; title: Lauren Greenfield, Fina, Allegra, and Sara, from Girl Culture, 2002 / Terri Weissman; title: Gordon Parks, Muhammad Ali, Miami Beach, Florida, 1966 / Tanya Sheehan; title: The world according to Samaras / Philip Tsiaras.