Art Institute of Chicago - Photography Collection

[gr82bart]

AIC has a pretty decent permanent collection
Haven't been here in several years
Here are some observations of note....

Zoe Leonard
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Leonard
-Used a 1940s Rolleiflex
-Captured 11 years of the gentrification of -Lower East Side Manhattan
-Travelogue of recycled objects from Africa, Mexico, Middle East
-Dye imbibition prints : http://www.dyetransfer.org

Sojourner Truth
-Real name was Isabella Baumfree
-American slave escaped as an infant
-Taught herself photography
-Sold small albumen prints called "carte de visites " in 1860s

Several alternative process prints I liked:
F Holland Day - platinum
Bertha E Jaques - cyanotype
Heinrich Kühn -photogravure (Austria)
Charles Aubry- albumen (France)
Robert MacPherson - albumen (Scotland)

There was a bound photo album of John Talbott Donoghue sculptures collected by one of his patrons

Herbert and Barbara Molderings Collection: The Photo Essay
-Two portfolios:
-Heinz Hajek-Halke (Germany)
- The camera conquers unknown territory
-Johnny Fernhout (Netherlands)
- Chimney Sweep

Regards, Art

 

[jim10219]

Interesting! I had no idea Sojourner Truth was also a photographer. I wouldn't mind checking out her pictures. She definitely had a beautiful mind!