Exhibitions
Past
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Across America: Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955
Addison Gallery of American Art 10 Feb - 31 Jul 2024 In 1955, two photographers received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation for U.S. survey projects: Robert Frank and Todd Webb. Frank’s cross-country trip by car would result in the celebrated book The Americans. Webb was awarded a grant to walk, boat, and bike across the United States to depict “vanishing Americana,... Read more -
Across America: Photographs of Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955
Museum of Fine Arts Houston 8 Oct 2023 - 7 Jan 2024 In 1955, two photographers received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation for U.S. survey projects: Robert Frank and Todd Webb. Frank’s cross-country trip by car would result in the celebrated book The Americans. Webb was awarded a grant to walk, boat, and bike across the United States to depict “vanishing Americana,... Read more -
Outside the Frame: Todd Webb in Africa
Portland Museum of Art 24 Mar - 18 Jun 2023 Commissioned by the United Nations Office of Information to document emerging industries and technologies in nine countries—Togo (then Togoland), Ghana, Sudan, Somalia (then Trust Territory of Somali land); Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi (then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland); Tanzania and Kenya (then Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and Kenya)—Webb traveled for five months... Read more -
Outside the Frame: Todd Webb in Africa
The National Museum of Tanzania 3 Dec 2021 - 1 Feb 2022 The National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam is organizing an exhibition of Todd Webb's photographs of the African continent to open December 9, 2021 (Tanzanian Independence Day). The exhibition will provide an overview of Webb's United Nations commission in eight different countries with a special focus on 62 years of development in Tanzania, showing Webb's 1958 images of specific sites juxtaposed with contemporary images by a Tanzanian photographer. Read more
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Georgia O'Keeffe: Photographer
Museum of Fine Arts Houston 17 Oct 2021 - 17 Jan 2022 Georgia O’Keeffe forged a career as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. She became famous for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes, yet her lifelong connection to photography has not been explored in depth until now. Premiering at the MFAH, Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer is the... Read more -
Outside the Frame: Todd Webb in Africa
Minneapolis Institute of Art 6 Jan - 15 Jun 2021 This exhibition presents a recently recovered photographic series taken by American documentary photographer Todd Webb in 1958. Commissioned by the United Nations to document emerging industries and technologies in Ghana, Kenya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Somalia, Sudan, Togo, and Tanganyika and Zanzibar (both now Tanzania), these early color photographs went largely unused by the U.N.’s publications. Read more -
A City Seen
Todd Webb's New York 20 Apr - 4 Sep 2017 A City Seen: Todd Webb’s Postwar New York, 1945-1960 examines New York through the keen eyes, and lens, of master street photographer Todd Webb. Featuring more than 100 images and accompanied by entries from Webb’s own journal, this poetic collection of images highlights Webb’s personal exploration of the city... Read more
