Walker Evans/George Tice: Unvarnished America, Speaker: Peter Bosco
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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“The ‘everydayness’ of life gets in the way of the eternal.” ~ George Tice
Join us for a lively and engaging presentation and discussion of vernacular photography by two of America’s seminal figures of the genre. Walker Evans and George Tice met briefly over an ashtray at the Museum of Modern Art in 1970 and shared a cigarette together. It was the passing of the metaphorical torch from one generation to the next.
Walker Evans did groundbreaking photographic work for the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s documenting America’s Great Depression. Many of the iconic images of that era were made by Evans. He also collaborated with writer James Agee and the two produced the masterpiece book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
George Tice made the state of New Jersey his personal portrait project over seven decades. He documented every corner of the Garden State creating subtle but powerful images in both silver and platinum salts – and he is considered a Master printer and craftsman. George produced 24 photography books throughout his lifetime.
On hand will be three original George Tice photographs for up-close inspection.
Peter Bosco
A photographer for over 40 years, Peter Bosco holds an MFA in photography from Ohio University. Peter has taught photography at several colleges and schools in Connecticut. He was the teacher coordinator at the renowned Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport, where he worked with celebrated photographer Arnold Newman. Peter later worked as Mr. Newman’s first assistant and personal printer in New York City.
Mr. Bosco makes photographs of both the constructed and natural world. He works primarily with large format view cameras. Peter was a grant recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Peter has also produced a documentary film, George Tice: Seeing Beyond the Moment, about the life of renowned American photographer George Tice. The film received high praise and was screened around the country following its June 2018 airing on New York City Public Television.
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