Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective
September 25, 1999-January 16, 2000
Photography Galleries 1, 2, 3, and 4
Kenneth Josephson (born 1932) studied photography with Minor White at
the Rochester Institute of Technology and was among the first generation
of photographers to graduate with a degree in photography from the Illinois
Institute of Design, where he studied with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan.
As a teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for over 35
years (he retired in 1997), Josephson has spawned two generations of photographic
artists.
The exhibition contains 150 of Josephson's works. Altering perspective,
scale, and point of view, Josephson was once hailed as a leader of conceptual
photography in the late1960s and 1970s. His photographs examine the act
of picture-making and offer playful commentary on photographic truth and
illusion. In addition, Josephson has made numerous images that take India's
street life, light, and European landscape as his primary object. Now at
age 67, Josephson is producing photographs with a meditative quality. In
their beauty and serenity, they bear the mark of an artist with long experience.
Curator: Sylvia Wolf, associate curator of photography, The Art
Institute of Chicago
Sponsor: The exhibition has been made possible by The LaSalle Banks,
American Airlines, and the Lannan Foundation.
Exhibition Catalogue
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- above: Kenneth Josephson. Stockholm, 1967. Gelatin
silver print. The Art Institute of Chicago: gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall,
1998.620.
