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Focal Point: The David Hall Photography Collection
Focal Point: The David Hall Photography Collection presents 40 works from the holdings of Tampa-based collector and photographer David Hall. With over 400 works in the collection, the pictures on view present a sample of the photographers and images David
admired as a lifelong photo enthusiast. The collection shares the story of photography in the 20th century as the medium evolved from historical documentation to an admired form of visual art. David was interested in the history of photography and held a special passion for photographs made between World War One and World War Two, a transformative period in art.
This intimate exhibition is loosely organized by the themes
prevalent in the David Hall Collection. Many of the images on view represent iconic works from the photographers鈥� oeuvre, such as Ruth Orkin鈥檚 American Girl in Italy, Young Farmers by August Sander, and Ansel Adams鈥� Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Print publications, such as LIFE magazine, Harper鈥檚 Bazaar, and Vogue, employed and championed trailblazing photographers such as Richard Avedon, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Philippe Halsman, who shot memorable moments of the 20th century.
The David Hall Collection also includes important works by Group f/64, the California collective of photographers who forged a new aesthetic in opposition to the dominant photographic trends in New York. Pictures by Adams, Ruth Bernhard, and Edward Weston
represent the 鈥減ure photography鈥� style of Group f/64. A small group of works by David鈥檚 San Francisco-based photographer friends鈥攕uch as Judy Dater, Richard Hartman, Polly Gaillard, and Lisa Law鈥攁llude of his own time spent in California.
Women, either as the photographer or subject, represent a significant number of works in the collection. As highlighted by the works on view in Focal Point, women photographers created groundbreaking bodies of work. Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, and Lillian Bassman were at the forefront of artistic innovation at a time when women did not receive the same recognition or support as their male counterparts. Portraits of women鈥攔anging from the muse, the nude, the artist, or the sister鈥攔eveal the sitters鈥� sense of confidence, resilience, joy, and grace, as well as their ease in the
company of the photographer.
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Focal Point: The David Hall Photography Collection presents 40 works from the holdings of Tampa-based collector and photographer David Hall. With over 400 works in the collection, the pictures on view present a sample of the photographers and images David
admired as a lifelong photo enthusiast. The collection shares the story of photography in the 20th century as the medium evolved from historical documentation to an admired form of visual art. David was interested in the history of photography and held a special passion for photographs made between World War One and World War Two, a transformative period in art.
This intimate exhibition is loosely organized by the themes
prevalent in the David Hall Collection. Many of the images on view represent iconic works from the photographers鈥� oeuvre, such as Ruth Orkin鈥檚 American Girl in Italy, Young Farmers by August Sander, and Ansel Adams鈥� Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Print publications, such as LIFE magazine, Harper鈥檚 Bazaar, and Vogue, employed and championed trailblazing photographers such as Richard Avedon, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and Philippe Halsman, who shot memorable moments of the 20th century.
The David Hall Collection also includes important works by Group f/64, the California collective of photographers who forged a new aesthetic in opposition to the dominant photographic trends in New York. Pictures by Adams, Ruth Bernhard, and Edward Weston
represent the 鈥減ure photography鈥� style of Group f/64. A small group of works by David鈥檚 San Francisco-based photographer friends鈥攕uch as Judy Dater, Richard Hartman, Polly Gaillard, and Lisa Law鈥攁llude of his own time spent in California.
Women, either as the photographer or subject, represent a significant number of works in the collection. As highlighted by the works on view in Focal Point, women photographers created groundbreaking bodies of work. Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, and Lillian Bassman were at the forefront of artistic innovation at a time when women did not receive the same recognition or support as their male counterparts. Portraits of women鈥攔anging from the muse, the nude, the artist, or the sister鈥攔eveal the sitters鈥� sense of confidence, resilience, joy, and grace, as well as their ease in the
company of the photographer.
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