Photography exhibit

Now showing at the Birmingham Museum of Art is a show of southern photographer William Christenberry.



"Since the early 1960s, photographer William Christenberry has plumbed the regional identity of the American South, focusing his attention on his homeland, Hale County, Alabama. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961-2005 offers a retrospective view of his photography from his earliest use of the camera as a means to provide studies for painting to its evolution as a vital means of personal expression. Christenberry's theme is singular: the history, the very story of place, is at the heart of his project.
Christenberry has been a professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C. since 1968. He is world renowned for his photography, sculpture, drawings, and paintings that pay tribute to his roots in rural Alabama. His work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art in New York; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art." From BMA press release

When I worked at the museum I was lucky enough to meet William Christenberry and help him instal one of his sculptures downtown. He is a very interesting artist and person. I have also seen the current show at the museum. It is a great exhibit and well worth a trip downtown. The show is open until December 24th