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Wanna See My Portfolio? @ Pace/MacGill

Image: Duane Michals

Wanna See My Portfolio?

Exhibition: July 14 – August 24, 2011

Wanna See My Portfolio? plays with the phrase commonly heard by museum and gallery professionals from aspiring artists. The exhibition, however, consists of six portfolios produced by some of the most significant photographers of the twentieth century. Five of the portfolios were published in the 1970s, when few individuals or museums were collecting photography or granting the medium validity as an art form. During that time, photographers could rarely expect to support themselves with print sales. Publishing a portfolio not only offered the promise of financial success from the sale of a group of pictures, but also allowed photographers to more fully convey their artistic vision through a set of images as opposed to a single photograph. In retrospect, the portfolios on view contain some of the most important work these artists ever made. It is a pleasure to present these groups of images as a window into the minds of their creators.

Featuring: Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, Robert Rauschenberg, Garry Winogrand

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