Selections from the Photography Collection: Textiles on Film

March 14 – September 6, 2026

Fuller Gallery

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984), Untitled from the sequence Women are Beautiful, c. 1970, gelatin silver print. Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas, 2005.

This ongoing exhibition celebrates the varied views artists have delivered to the medium of pictures, that includes diversified works from the Museum’s holdings.

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912–1994), Ouvriers preparant la chaine (Loom staff making ready the chain), c. 1950, gelatin silver print. Gift of Sarit Rozycki and Robert Cromwell, 2017.

The latest set up, Textiles on Film, explores the visible qualities of textiles by means of composition, mild, and texture, whereas additionally testifying to its necessary function in self-expression by means of clothes and adornment. This collection of images embraces the ingenuity, resilience, and artistic spirit of textiles by means of nonetheless lifes, vogue, and portraits of makers by artists comparable to Danny Lyon, Robert Doisneau, and Garry Winogrand, in addition to Pennsylvania-based photographers Judith Taylor and Charlee Mae Brodsky. Subjects vary from the phases of wool manufacturing to candid avenue pictures to summary cloth research and from the quiet, intimate sphere of family mending to the fast-paced, industrial facet of textile manufacture.

Upcoming: a brand new collection of images will open in Fuller Gallery on September 12, 2026.

Selections from the Photography Collection is supported by means of the generosity of The Bernard and Audrey Berman Foundation and the Leon C. and June W. Holt Endowment.

Image at high: Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942), Rosebud Reservation, Parmalee, South Dakota (element), 2000, gelatin silver print. Gift of Jon and Nicky Ungar, 2018.