Georgia O'Keeffe, Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), 1964–68, black-and-white Polaroid, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe, Chrysler Building from the Window of the Waldorf Astoria, New York, circa 1960, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe, North Patio Corridor, 1956–57, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe, Roofless Room, 1959–60, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O'Keeffe, Waiʻanapanapa Black Sand Beach, March 1939, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Todd Webb, Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1959, printed later, inkjet print, Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine, USA
Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer
February 3–May 7, 2023
The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)
Ticketed. Free for Members.
Friends of Photography
Press Release
How well do we know iconic American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe? Scholars have examined her paintings, home, library, letters, and even her clothes. Yet, despite O’Keeffe’s long and complex association with the American photographic avant garde, no previous exhibition has explored her work as a photographer.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer presents nearly 100 photographs by the artist, together with a complementary selection of paintings and drawings. These works illuminate O’Keeffe’s use of the camera to further her modernist vision, showing how she embraced photography as a unique artistic practice and took ownership of her relationship with the medium.
Discover, for the first time, O’Keeffe’s eloquent and perceptive photographic vision.
#OKeeffePhotography
This exhibition has an accessible pathway, large print labels, and an audio exhibition available via QR code.
Featured Media
Press
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Perspectives
Hear from the LIFE magazine photographer who pictured O’Keeffe for the 1968 cover story on view in the exhibition.
Perspectives
Delve into O’Keeffe’s formative relationship with photographer and art-world arbiter, Alfred Stieglitz.
Exhibition Content
Download complete Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer large print labels, optimized for screen reader.
Video
Watch originating curator Lisa Volpe’s opening lecture.
Video
Author Carol S. Merrill reflects on seven years of weekends with the artist.
Hear verbal descriptions of highlighted artworks and interpretive content for the exhibition, wherever you are.
If you need accessibility accommodations for this program or event, please email [email protected]. Please contact us in advance to ensure accommodations can be made.
Members Opening
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 5–7 p.m.
Opening Lecture–Through Another Lens: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Photography
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 7–8 p.m.
Evenings for Educators: Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 4–7 p.m.
CAM Kids Day: Finding My Happy Place
Saturday, March 4, 2023, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Georgia O’Keeffe, the Power of Place & the Creative Ecosystem
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6–8:30 p.m.
Film Screening & Lecture: Memories of Miss O’Keeffe, an evening with Carol S. Merrill
Thursday, April 6, 2023, 7-9 p.m.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with the collaboration of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.
Organizing Sponsor
Harold C. Schott Foundation
Exhibition Sponsor
Generously supported by
Helen E. Allen Charitable Foundation
Cincinnati, OH 45202
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