Come see more than 80 masterpiece photographs
February 17 – May 21, 2023
Jepson CenterThis
exhibition will celebrate the remarkable ascendancy of photography in
the last century through the extraordinary collecting achievements of
Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee. Their passion for art was inspired and
encouraged by the collecting of Ms. Tenenbaum’s late parents, Lorlee and
Arnold Tenenbaum, who were champions of Telfair Museums and cultural
leaders across the Savannah community. Come see more than 80 masterpiece
photographs by some of the medium’s greatest practitioners, including
works by Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans, and Helen Levitt; Edward
Weston, William Eggleston, and Diane Arbus; Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman,
Mickalene Thomas, and Gregory Crewdson. This selection is particularly
notable for its breadth and depth of works by women artists, its
sustained interest in the nude, and its focus on artists’ beginnings.
Through iconic images and rare, experimental works, the exhibition
demonstrates the many expressive directions and ever-widening
possibilities within this beautiful and accessible medium.
Photography’s Last Century was
organized by the collectors and Jeffrey L. Rosenheim, the Joyce Frank
Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Telfair extends thanks to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and its staff, and to the collectors, for
enabling this presentation of the exhibition. Photography’s Last Century is a companion to Telfair’s exhibition Bold Expressions: The Collection of Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum.
