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What Photographs Look Like
Photographs today are often thought of as images, not objects鈥攔epresentations that circulate widely and effortlessly, appearing on our devices without clear origins or destinations. For much of the history of photography, however, photographs were physical objects meant to be held, treasured, traded, or displayed in albums.
The phrase 鈥淲hat Photographs Look Like鈥� is borrowed from Peter Bunnell, who was hired by Princeton in 1972 as the first endowed professor of the history of photography in the United States, and who later served twice as director of the Museum. Bunnell used the phrase to upend his students鈥� expectations of photographs as strictly two-dimensional prints and to invite delight in the expansive nature of the medium, from photographic drawings to malleable photo-sculptures.
Photography continues to adapt and evolve today. The collections-based exhibition 鈥淲hat Photographs Look Like鈥� underscores the medium鈥檚 enduring ability to surprise.
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Photographs today are often thought of as images, not objects鈥攔epresentations that circulate widely and effortlessly, appearing on our devices without clear origins or destinations. For much of the history of photography, however, photographs were physical objects meant to be held, treasured, traded, or displayed in albums.
The phrase 鈥淲hat Photographs Look Like鈥� is borrowed from Peter Bunnell, who was hired by Princeton in 1972 as the first endowed professor of the history of photography in the United States, and who later served twice as director of the Museum. Bunnell used the phrase to upend his students鈥� expectations of photographs as strictly two-dimensional prints and to invite delight in the expansive nature of the medium, from photographic drawings to malleable photo-sculptures.
Photography continues to adapt and evolve today. The collections-based exhibition 鈥淲hat Photographs Look Like鈥� underscores the medium鈥檚 enduring ability to surprise.
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