Celebrating Trailblazers in Contemporary Photography

Denver Art Museum

Exhibition Identity

One of the more accessible mediums, photography has long been an entry point for those relegated to the periphery of the art world. Modern Women / Modern Vision features more than 100 shots by some of the era’s most influential photographers—including Berenice Abbott, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, Eva Besnyö, and Imogen Cunningham—showcasing their distinct aesthetics, politics, and styles.

Cued by the work’s largely midcentury New York setting and sensibility, a blunt yet expressive system was built around enigmatic American typography and rangefinder-inspired graphic devices.

2022

Made at the Denver Art Museum with Jenn Goodrich + Tasso Stathopulos