Perspectives: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Art

Curated by Jamie M. Allen & Phil Taylor with assistance provided by Meghan L. Jordan

George Eastman Museum, July 16–June 18, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Tamas Dezsö (Hungarian, b. 1978), The Flooded Village of Geamăna, 2011, from Notes for an Epilogue. Chromogenic print, printed 2018, frame: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm). George Eastman Museum, purchase with funds from Thomas A. and Janet E. Fink.
© Tamas Dezsö

Photography is often thought to truthfully depict what is put in front of the camera. But each choice that a photographer makes— subject, angle, framing—and the context in which we see the work affect our understanding of the image, the medium of photography, and the world around us.

The works presented in Perspectives showcase different ways that photographers see, depict, or manipulate the concept of space. All of the works are recent gifts to the George Eastman Museum collection, which the museum actively expands through donations and purchases. The exhibition is presented in the museum's Project Gallery, with select photographs on view in the Potter Peristyle.

This exhibition includes photographic works by 22 contemporary artists.