AT FIRST SIGHT: Recent Acquisitions

Angel at Lunch Counter, Historic Center, Mexico City, 2016 by Keith Dannemiller

JANUARY 30 — JUNE 25, 2017

AT FIRST SIGHT showcases The Wittliff Collections’ newest additions, featuring 46 artists/collections in over 90 images. All on view for the first time, this exhibition illustrates the range and scope of The Wittliff’s photography collecting goals. Inspired by their personal projects or working on assignment, these photographers have captured images of children, cowboy culture, celebrity, family, and nature. Also presented are documentary images that reveal the people, customs and culture of Mexico; the influence of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexican and Southwest culture; the U.S.–Mexico border; and images that explore everyday life and the human condition—both tragic and poignant—across the U.S. These photographs were created with a variety of photographic and printing techniques, including gelatin silver, photogravure, color postcards, pinhole, chromogenic and archival pigment prints.