Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder

(Opening Reception: July 25, 5–7 pm)

This exhibition uses seven thematic sections to explore presence through tender portraits, awe-filled landscapes, clear reportage, and spontaneous cityscapes. Spanning from Pictorialism and social documentary to Surrealism and street photography, around 100 photographs by about 70 artists—including Merry Alpern, Richard Avedon, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Edward Steichen, and many others—form a dialogue across time and place through Glickman Lauder’s singular collection.

The show examines the human condition—joy, love, faith, grief, justice, and wonder—and asks what makes photography so powerfully present: how it preserves moments, people, and places, and what we seek when we look. Co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine; curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD. An accompanying free educational brochure is available, with a related Aperture book.