Fresh Focus: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition Closed July 2012

Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, Telfair Museums has greatly expanded its holdings in photography, adding nearly 300 photographs to its permanent collection. While the Telfair continues to actively collect photographers of the mid- to late twentieth century, such as Helen Levitt, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, and Robert Doisneau, it has also developed a sizeable collection of photography produced in the twenty-first century. Fresh Focus will include approximately forty works that demonstrate the breadth and variety of the Telfair’s holdings of twenty-first-century photography, including work by Jack Leigh, Jerry Siegel, Julie Moos, Sally Mann, and others.

Top: Frank Stewart (American, b. 1949);  Savannah Tour Bus, 2006;  C-print on paper;  31 ⅝ x 39  ½ inches;  Museum purchase with funds provided by Ronald J. Strahan in honor of James McKenna, 2007.9

Bottom:  Jerry Siegel (American, b. 1958);  Deer Heads at J&R’s, 2001;  Archival inkjet print;  24 x 63 in.;  Given in memory of Jerome E. Siegel, Jr., 2004.24.3

Julie Moos (American, b. Canada 1966);   Mrs. Merritt and Mrs. Crum, 2000-01;  C-print on paper;  39  ½ x 51  ½ in.;  Gift of Joan and Gary Capen, 2004.17