Object Lesson: Alfred Stieglitz’s Hands Beside His Photograph by Dorothy Norman
Dorothy Norman was only twenty-two years old when she walked into the Intimate Gallery and met Alfred Stieglitz, then sixty-three. Although they were separated by more than forty years… Read More
Object Lesson: Blaze Starr by Diane Arbus
It is often said that a portrait photograph represents some kind of exchange between the photographer and the subject, and that the resulting image, as the product of this exchange,… Read More
Object Lesson: In Mondrian’s Studio by André Kertész
In only his second year in Paris, after moving there from Hungary, André Kertész received an invitation to visit Piet Mondrian’s apartment and studio. There, he was immediately immersed in… Read More
Object Lesson: Photographers Tina Modotti and Lola Alvarez Bravo and Mexican Modernism
This week, as NOMA turns its focus towards themes of connection, we are thinking about how human relationships shape artists’ careers, and how we can use those connections to interpret… Read More
Object Lesson: Portrait of Estelle Musson Degas by Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas arrived in New Orleans in 1872 for an extended stay, two years after he had enlisted in the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War, and two years before… Read More
Object Lesson: Cellblock 6, Ramsey Prison, Texas by Danny Lyon
Danny Lyon took his first photography gig when he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization of young activists that orchestrated sit-ins and carried on the Freedom Rides… Read More