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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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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

Todd Webb, Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1959, printed later, inkjet print, Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine, USA

 

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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

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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.

Events & Programs

To request accessibility accommodations, please email [email protected] at least two weeks in advance.

 

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.

EXHIBITION CATALOG

A groundbreaking introduction to the photographic work of an iconic modern artist.

 

In the first major investigation of O'Keeffe's photography, Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer traces the artist's thirty-year exploration of the medium, including a complete catalog of her photographic work. New scholarship by Lisa Volpe and essay contributions by Ariel Plotek address O'Keeffe's photographic approach and situate photography within the artist's practice. This richly illustrated volume significantly broadens our understanding of one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century.

Lisa Volpe is Curator, Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Ariel Plotek is Curator of Fine Art at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Yale University Press, 288 pages, fully illustrated.

Available soon for purchase through the Museum Shop.

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

Capital One

 

Generously supported by

Helen E. Allen Charitable Foundation