'Land and Water: Photographs from 1860 to Now' set at Old College Gallery

8:50 a.m., Feb. 6, 2015--University Museums of the University of Delaware will present “Land and Water: Photographs from 1860 to Now,” on view from Feb. 11 to May 17 in Old College West Gallery.

For photographers since the 1850s, the dialogue between land and water has proved an inexhaustible subject. 

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Featuring more than 40 photographs from the collection of the University Museums, “Land and Water” spans 150 years of photographic history. 

Images on display will include examples from:

• The mid- to late-19th century topographic tradition, in which photographers documented places of interest; 
• The turn of the 20th century, when Pictorialist photographers incorporated water for its ethereal and evocative qualities; 
• The mid-20th century, when water functioned both formally and narratively in straight, documentary work; and 
• Recent work in which photographers look at water’s relation to land in great detail, emphasizing its graphic patterns and social context.

Curated by Stephen Petersen, “Land and Water” chronicles changing aesthetic approaches to the landscape as well as technical changes in the medium of photography, from albumen prints made from (long-exposure) collodion negatives, to the painterly and print-like processes of the Pictorialists, to the straightforward silver prints of the modernist tradition, to recent large-format examples, in both black-and-white and color.

Petersen will give a Curator’s Talk from 12:30-1:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 11.

For more information on this exhibition and other related programs, or to schedule a tour, see the University Museums website or call 302-831-8037.