Golden Decade Exhibit at the Laguna Art Museum

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Last weekend we attended the opening of another Golden Decade exhibit, this time at the Laguna Art Museum. We couldn’t be more thrilled with it! Malcolm Warner, the Director of the museum, did a fine job of sequencing all the photos, and Stefan Kirkeby worked so hard to frame everything, and together we collected about 70 of the photographs from the book. Also on view in the exhibit’s foyer are many vintage photos by the instructors who were there at the CSFA, among them are Ansel Adams, Minor White, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Dorothea Lange. Many thanks go to Scott Nichols of the Scott Nichols Gallery and Danny and Mary Solomon for the loan of the photos from the instructors for this important exhibit!

Here are a few photos. Enjoy!

Malcolm Warner, Director of the Laguna Art Museum, Ken Ball, Victoria Whyte Ball
Malcolm Warner, Director of the Laguna Art Museum, Ken Ball, Victoria Whyte Ball

 

The wonderful Staff at the Laguna Art Museum.
The wonderful Staff at the Laguna Art Museum.
Here we are with collectors Danny and Mary Solomon and son Kai and their friend.
Here we are with collectors Danny and Mary Solomon, their son Kai and their friend.
Looking at the photos with John Upton.
Looking at the photos with John Upton.
Victoria, John Upton, Malcolm Warner.
Victoria, John Upton, Malcolm Warner.
One of the younger visitors, our very own granddaughter, Elle!
One of the younger visitors; our very own granddaughter, Elle!
The Golden Decade Exhibit.
The Golden Decade Exhibit.
The Golden Decade Exhibit.
The Golden Decade Exhibit.

The Golden Decade: Photography at the California School of Fine Arts, 1945-55
February 19 – May 29, 2017

Robert Hollingsworth, San Francisco, CA, 1953. Courtesy of the Hollingsworth Estate.
Robert Hollingsworth, San Francisco, CA, 1953. Courtesy of the Hollingsworth Estate.

Between 1945 and 1955, a fortunate group of students at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco studied under a faculty that included some of the great photographers of the age—Ansel Adams, Minor White, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, and Lisette Model. Many of the students went on to distinguished photographic careers themselves. Accompanied by a beautiful and informative book, the exhibition showcases about sixty choice examples of the work of teachers and students active at the CSFA during this remarkable midcentury period.