Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter

September 16, 2006–January 7, 2007

Experience the breathtaking beauty of landscape photography through the lenses of two of the art forms most important color artists: Eliot Porter and Robert Glenn Ketchum.

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 11:00am

Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum

Jo Hill, Director of Conservation at the University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Since the mid-1980s, the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute embroiderers have been translating photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum’s works into masterful compositions in silk thread. Hill will describe the Ketchum projects and provide images of both traditional and modern embroideries.

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Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 11:00am

A Language within the Landscape: Evolution of Personal Vision

Robert Glenn Ketchum, Photographer

Please note: The 11 a.m. lecture is full. Due to popular demand, Robert Glenn Ketchum has agreed to present another lecture at 2 p.m. Reservations are required for this program. Please call 817.989.5030 for reservations; confirmation will be sent.

Ketchum has been photographing the landscape and writing about land use for thirty-eight years. He will discuss the evolution of his vision, offering insights about his struggles as an artist to serve both art and life.

This series of lectures on American art, culture, and society by distinguished individuals is made possible by a generous gift from the late Anne Burnett Tandy.

Ketchum will be in the Museum Store following the lecture to sign copies of Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter.

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Thursday, December 7, 2006 - 6:00pm

Challenging the Master

John Rohrbach, Senior Curator of Photographs at the Carter

In conjunction with the exhibition Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter, Rohrbach will speak to the influence of Porter on Ketchum’s work and show how the latter has continued to challenge and expand the art of landscape photography.