&Loving: Photography From the Georgetown Collection
The Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections houses a growing collection of nearly four thousand photographs and exemplifies how photography can transcend its role as mere documentation. As a team of six student curators, we were prompted to find a throughline in these works that live in Lauinger Library鈥檚 archives, many of which have never before been exhibited.
Throughout the curatorial process, we returned time and again to the idea of shared humanity, a concept that brings together the thirteen photographs featured in this exhibition.
Spanning the last century, the works offer a vibrant, albeit limited, view of the era. From quiet conversations on a park bench to the inescapable energy of a Beatles concert, these scenes capture a range of experiences that define our connection to one another. We know these moments not because we were there but because we have lived versions of them ourselves.
&Loving captures the touch, musicality, laughter, intimacy, and gratitude that lie at the heart of each image. Above all, it captures the sense of love that brings the collection together 鈥� loving another person, loving a passion, and loving the memories that define a life.
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The Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections houses a growing collection of nearly four thousand photographs and exemplifies how photography can transcend its role as mere documentation. As a team of six student curators, we were prompted to find a throughline in these works that live in Lauinger Library鈥檚 archives, many of which have never before been exhibited.
Throughout the curatorial process, we returned time and again to the idea of shared humanity, a concept that brings together the thirteen photographs featured in this exhibition.
Spanning the last century, the works offer a vibrant, albeit limited, view of the era. From quiet conversations on a park bench to the inescapable energy of a Beatles concert, these scenes capture a range of experiences that define our connection to one another. We know these moments not because we were there but because we have lived versions of them ourselves.
&Loving captures the touch, musicality, laughter, intimacy, and gratitude that lie at the heart of each image. Above all, it captures the sense of love that brings the collection together 鈥� loving another person, loving a passion, and loving the memories that define a life.
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