Photographs prompt viewers to question seeing
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The Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, hosted an exhibition exploring how photographers use sequences of images and text to encourage critical thinking about visual information.
In the 1970s, Milton Rogovin photographed residents of a working-class neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, and then revisited them twice over the following decades, documenting changes within families and the surrounding environment.
The exhibition, “Storytelling: Photographers Making Meaning,” includes Rogovin’s series alongside nine other projects and a new installation by Keisha Scarville. Museum director Tracy L. Adler noted that people constantly encounter images and the exhibition aims to inspire a more thoughtful approach to viewing them. Collections Curator Elizabeth Shannon selected works by American artists from the 20th and 21st centuries, also highlighting pieces from the museum’s collection that may be unfamiliar to students and faculty.
