Judith Joy Ross (Philadelphia Museum show)

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Aprit 24-Aug 6 (2023)

"The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the only US venue for the retrospective exhibition of work by Judith Joy Ross, which opens April 24. The museum is showing some 200 of Ross’s gorgeous and unassuming portraits of ordinary people: students, soldiers, voters, members of Congress, children at a Pennsylvania park during summer vacation. Ross has focused much of her work in and around eastern Pennsylvania, where she was born and still lives, making portraits that reveal a deep, if brief, connection between photographer and subject."

Judith Joy Ross

See the largest retrospective to date of the renowned American photographer Judith Joy Ross.

philamuseum.org

“Judith Joy Ross has, as an artist, no formula. She starts over again each time—the riskiest way to do it. She has a style, of course, but it is austere. It cannot, if she panics, be used to take the place of content.”
—American photographer Robert Adams
".. the greatest portrait photographer to have ever worked in the medium." Gregory Halpern


in conversation from 2021. [1 hour]

 

[warden]

It’s going to be the highlight show of the year for me. I’ll be there for the member preview days and I can’t wait.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Great. Now I need to go to Philly.

 

[warden]

Great. Now I need to go to Philly.

PM me if you come!

 

[Peter Schrager]

she prints on Printing Out Paper which I currently make! I'll go see it myself
she also is in a show in the Allentown Museum along with Larry Fink

 

[Alex Benjamin]

PM me if you come!

Shall do if I come. Was already planning a trip to NYC in the fall, and with the Canadian dollar not doing that well next to yours, not sure I can make two US trips this year... I really love her work, though.

 

[Daniela]

I had a chance to see her work for the first time last year. I found the portraits in parks very touching. She also did portraits in Paris, but there were only a couple of examples and I was left wanting to see more.

 

[warden]

I had a chance to walk the show today during a member preview, and it's a winner. Well worth a visit if you like her work. There are maybe seven galleries with her 8x10 contact prints which are made on printing-out paper and gold toned. Wonderful stuff.

Atget is one of her influences so she selected about ten of his prints from the museum's holdings to display alongside her work so this is a good chance to get close to Atget too.

The show is well hung and gives breathing room around the prints so when the crowds come it should still be easy to navigate. My crappy cell phone pics are nothing to write home about but show the scene.

I didn't get a chance to review the catalog today but will be seeing the show again soon and will check it out if anyone is interested.

 

[Daniela]

That sounds great, @warden ! The inclusion of Atget's photos sounds very interesting as well.
And that handwritten note is very endearing
Enjoy!

 

[warden]

“It looks like I love people,” she said of her work. “I do love them for a few seconds. After that? No. Goodbye.”



Paywall:

A Photographer Whose Subject Is Everyday Life

Judith Joy Ross, who has been taking portraits for decades, is the subject of a large retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

www.nytimes.com