Images
Rem Koolhass / Steve Pyke / 2005 / Gelatin silver print / Published in the New Yorker, March 14, 2005 / Collection of the artist, courtesy of Flowers Gallery, New York City / © Steve Pyke
Keli / Katy Grannan / 2007 / Chromogenic print / Published in New York Times Magazine, March 18, 2007 / Collection of the artist, courtesy Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Salon 94, New York City / © Katy Grannan
Angelina Jolie / Martin Schoeller / 2004 / Digital C-print / Collection of the artist, courtesy Hasted Hunt, New York City / © Martin Schoeller

"Portraiture Now: Feature Photography" focuses on six photographers who, by working on assignment for publications such as The New Yorker, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine each bring their distinctive perspective on contemporary portraiture to a broad audience. Critically acclaimed for their independent fine art work, these photographers—Katy Grannan, Jocelyn Lee, Ryan McGinley, Steve Pyke, Martin Schoeller and Alec Soth—have also pursued a variety of editorial projects, taking advantage of both the opportunities and the parameters that these assignments introduce. The resulting work builds upon a longstanding tradition of photographic portraiture for the popular press and highlights creative possibilities for 21st century portrayal. Curators of the exhibition are: Brandon Brame Fortune, curator of painting and sculpture; Anne Collins Goodyear, assistant curator of prints and drawings; Frank H. Goodyear III, associate curator of photographs; Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of prints and drawings; and Ann M. Shumard, curator of photographs.

Location: The museum is conveniently located at Eighth and F Streets, NW, D.C., 20001

Museum Hours: 11:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. daily Closed December 25

Admission: FREE

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