This exhibition details a history of the extensive overlap between photography and writing. If a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, photographers – and users of photography – have routinely found reasons to add a few more words into the mix for good measure. The exhibition includes straight-forward pictures of signs, deconstructions of letters into lines and shapes, conceptual artworks, photos of people reading and writing, inscriptions made directly onto the surface of photographs, and a variety of approaches to choosing a title.
“Show & Tell: A Brief History of Photography and Text” considers the ways in which photography’s capacity to visually represent – or show – our world, has been enhanced, manipulated, and sometimes limited by the inclusion of written text – to tell us something else. The exhibition reflects on how those two modes of communication can work in tandem, whether a union of photography and writing might lead to a richer kind of expression or, conversely, can distort our understanding. As the artists included in “Show & Tell” have enthusiastically engaged written texts as a central part of making photographs, the works in this exhibition encourage us to approach photography, text, and their myriad combinations, with a more critical eye.
Name of Venue | |
New Orleans Museum of Art | |
Featured Artist or Artists: | |
Berenice Abbott, Aaron Siskind, Hank Willis Thomas, and many others | |
Venue Website: | |
noma.org | |
Exhibition Link | |
https://noma.org/exhibitions/show-and-tell/ | |
Venue address: | |
1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park New Orleans, LA 70124 504-658-4100 Hours: Tues–Sun 10 am - 5 pm Map It |
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Venue Phone Number: | |
(504) 658-4100 | |
Venue Operating Hours: | |
Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–5 pm; Wednesdays, 12–7 pm | |
Exhibition Start Date | |
07/12/2024 | |
Exhibition End Date | |
02/16/2025 | |
Will you host a public opening? | |
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Additional Programming: | |
Wednesday, December 11, 12:30 pm: Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper |