Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Clarence H. White

    Clarence H. White

    Based on major collections of Clarence H. White’s prints and archives owned by the Princeton University Art Museum and the Library of Congress, and supplemented by loans from other museums and private collections, Clarence H. White and His World highlights...
  • The Rouge: Michael Kenna

    The Rouge: Michael Kenna

    It is with Kenna’s images of the Rouge that many of the artist’s longstanding photographic concerns—photographing under low-light conditions or at night, an interest in the strong contrast between the linearity of the built environment and the effacing atmosphere around...
  • Rouge: Michael Kenna

    Rouge: Michael Kenna

    The British photographer Michael Kenna began his own work with the Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1992 as an homage to Sheeler. What Kenna has called “pilgrimages” to sites where other photographers have worked helped him develop his own...
  • Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895–1925

    Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895–1925

    One of the most successful and influential self-taught amateur photographers was Clarence H. White (1871–1925), who rose from modest origins in Newark, Ohio, to become an internationally known art photographer and teacher. Clarence H. White and His World celebrates the...
  • A Conversation with Collector Christopher E. Olofson

    A Conversation with Collector Christopher E. Olofson

    Christopher Olofson, Class of 1992, recently sat down with Katherine Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography, to discuss the exhibition of works from his collection on view in the Art Museum.
  • Revealing Pictures Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection

    Revealing Pictures Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection

    Revealing Pictures presents rich examples of photographs that are more than what they seem. The works on view are drawn entirely from acquisitions made over the past fifteen years by Christopher E. Olofson, Princeton University Class of 1992.
  • The City Lost & Found Wins SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award

    The City Lost & Found Wins SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award

    The Society of Architectural Historians has awarded the 2016 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award to Katherine A. Bussard, Alison Fisher, and Greg Foster-Rice for The City Lost & Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980.
  • Art as Activism: Beyond "The City Lost and Found"

    Art as Activism: Beyond "The City Lost and Found"

    As The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980 enters its final weeks, I have been reflecting on the impact of the ideas and art featured in the project. Throughout the run of the exhibition...