BRATTLEBORO-Now through March 1, the Vermont Center for Photography (VCP), 10 Green St., presents “Icons In Hand: Masterworks from a Local Collection,” an exhibition that brings museum-caliber black-and-white photographs by many well-known photographers to Brattleboro.
“Drawn from a remarkable local collection, these prints invite you to get close — see the paper, the grain, the edge of the negative — and slow down with images that carry time and story across generations,” organizers said in a news release. “It’s a chance to experience iconic photographs as objects, not just pictures on a screen: how they’re printed, toned, and cared for, and why those choices matter to what we see and feel.”
The exhibition includes 36 works by 31 artists, spanning nearly a century of photography, including works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Ruth Bernhard, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, and Robert Mapplethorpe.
This exhibition was made possible through the support of Mark Tarmy and is co-curated by Joshua Farr and Mitch Weiss. The exhibit also “opens a welcoming conversation” about collecting: why people choose to live with photographs, how a print’s history and process shape its meaning, and how private stewardship can strengthen a community’s cultural life.
“Icons In Hand is both a celebration of photography’s classics and a thank-you to the neighbors who safeguard them,” organizers said. “Above all, it reflects VCP’s role as a place where artists, audiences, and prints meet — face to face, in the shared light of the gallery.”
For more information on this exhibit, including a full list of artists, visit vcphoto.org/exhibits/current.
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