Famend Photographs Celebrate the Human Experience

Arts & Culture

Pictured: Melonie Bennett (American, b. 1969). Suzie, Bahama Beach Club, Portland, Maine. 1996. Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 25.2001.1. Courtesy of the artist.

Photographs are, because the theorist Roland Barthes wrote, “certificates of presence,” verification {that a} second, an individual or a spot existed. From the adoration of a cherished one or the surprise felt earlier than nature to the hardship of labor or the devastation of battle, images could be imprinted with the totality of human experiences. On view October 18– April 4, 2027 at Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design, Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder embraces that totality, analyzing the deeply humanistic historical past of pictures by seven thematic sections. More at SarasotaArtMuseum.org. 

Pictured: Melonie Bennett (American, b. 1969). Suzie, Bahama Beach Club, Portland, Maine. 1996. Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 25.2001.1. Courtesy of the artist.