PERCEPTIONS | People in American Photography – The exhibition is on view from 11 June until 29 August 2020 at Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie and was curated by Alessa Widmer. It presents vintage prints from private collections by Imogen Cunningham, Saul Leiter, Jill Freedman, Duane Michals, Jerry Uelsmann, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann, Jock Sturges, Herb Ritts and Jack Pierson. In Addition, a selection of estate prints by Vivian Maier is shown.

PERCEPTIONS features works by American photographers, who concern themselves with issues like human contact, corporeality, intimacy as well as fragility. The photographs explore problems of everyday topics and situations, the necessity of which are made clear to us only at times marked by restrictions, distancing, and isolation. PERCEPTIONS aims to draw attention to the importance of the relationship between people - regardless of origin or skin color. With its choice of high-quality vintage prints from private collections PERCEPTIONS outlines time traveling through 20th century history of photography.

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