Viewpoints

Over the course of the 20th century, photography evolved as an art form while serving as an eyewitness to social, cultural and political change. Viewpoints: Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection presents some 100 iconic images that came to define their times, and explores the stories behind the moments they recorded and the photographers who captured them.
Among these images--beautifully reproduced from vintage prints--are powerful visual testimonies of Depression-era America, politically engaged street photography, definitive celebrity portraits, celebrations of the performing arts, harrowing visions of war and compelling depictions of the Civil Rights Movement. Drawn from the collection of Howard Greenberg--a gallerist who spent three decades quietly assembling one of the most extraordinary photography collections in the world--these prints have recently been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Surveying the Greenberg collection, Viewpoints presents the best of the best, with photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks and Edward Steichen, contextualized and discussed in illuminating thematic essays exploring the history of the medium. Exquisitely produced and accompanied by insightful texts introducing major themes, Viewpoints invites readers to take a fresh look at some of the 20th century's most iconic photographs.

Pe parcursul secolului al XX-lea, fotografia a evoluat ca o forma de arta in timp ce a servit ca martor ocular al schimbarilor sociale, culturale si politice. Puncte de vedere: fotografiile din colectia Howard Greenberg prezinta aproximativ 100 de imagini iconice care au venit sa-si defineasca vremurile si exploreaza povestile din spatele momentelor pe care le-au inregistrat si fotografii care le-au capturat.