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I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938–2010

Event Details

Time: April 22, 2012 to August 5, 2012
Location: National Gallery of Art
Street: 4th St NW Washington
City/Town: District of Columbia, USA
Website or Map: http://www.nga.gov/
Phone: (202) 737-4215
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: National Gallery of Art
Latest Activity: Nov 1, 2011

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Event Description

Since the invention of small hand-held cameras and faster films in the late 19th century, photographers have been fascinated with capturing everyday life in the urban environment. An exhibition of some 100 works will celebrate how photographers such as Harry Callahan, Bruce Davidson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Beat Streuli creatively pursued a new genre of street photography, capturing the diversity and rapid pace of modern life.

Photo: Robert Frank, From the Bus, New York, 1958, gelatin silver print mounted on fiberboard, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert Frank Collection, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation through Robert and Joyce Menschel. © Robert Frank