Robert Bergman "Selected Portraits"
MOMA PS1
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"Robert Bergman: Selected Portraits," is an exhibition of twenty-four large-scale color portraits of everyday people the artist photographed on the streets of various American cities from 1985 to 1997. Using a handheld 35mm camera and precisely integrated natural lighting, Bergman explores both the poignant expressions of each individual and the formal structures of their surroundings. As art historian Meyer Schapiro wrote, "Certain photographers-Robert Frank, as well as Robert Bergman, come to mind-discover, like the poets, otherwise ignored qualities of the person and environment, hidden moments of feeling, and present them to our entranced scrutiny-for our meditation."
[Image: Robert Bergman "Untitled" (2009) C-print 37 x 25 in. Courtesy the artist]
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from October 15, 2009 to January 04, 2010