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BRUCE DAVIDSON May 9 - Jul 5, 2008
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Bruce Davidson
Time of Change (boy at blackboard), 1965
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Bruce Davidson
Untitled, East 100th Street (Nude Woman and Child on Bed), circa 1966-1968
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Bruce Davidson
Untitled, East 100th Street (Teenage Couples on Stairwell and Street), 1966-1968
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Past Exhibitions
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Jackson Fine Art is honored to present a selection of works by acclaimed Civil Rights photographer Bruce Davidson and includes pieces from Davidson's remarkable 1960s Time of Change and East 100th Street series. Bruce Davidson The exhibition at Jackson Fine Art comes just one month before the High Museum opens "Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956 - 1968," an unforgettable exhibition curated by Julian Cox. "Road to Freedom" will be the most important art-museum exhibition devoted to Civil Rights photography in more than two decades. The High summer exhibition will include work from 20 photographers, Davidson among them with 15 pieces from Time of Change featured. Bruce Davidson Bruce Davidson Davidson's much-lauded Time of Change series developed during four years he spent documenting the Civil Rights Movement in locations from Alabama to New York City. Rather than simply reifying the negative aspects of the years 1961 - 1965, Davidson's images display a sense of community and strength. Bruce Davidson Davidson reminds us that people lived lives - from heroic to simple - during those turbulent years. In the series, he examines ritual, work, home and family, challenging viewers to reinterpret historical knowledge and imaginings. Davidson's photographs take us beyond the surface of the Civil Rights story, according to Deborah Willis. "As he%2
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