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The Remarkable Hall Family of Kansas City
“The fine arts,” says Donald J. Hall, “are tangible expressions of the very best kind of creativity and problem-solving. They contribute...
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An Interview with Keith F. Davis, Part 1: It’s Not a Normal Job
Keith F. Davis is the Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. For 26 years, he was...
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Photography is a Language That We All Speak: An Interview with Lisa Sutcliffe
Lisa Sutcliffe is the Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum. She came to Milwaukee in 2013 from the San...
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy: Part 4, Lewis Hine and the Human Document
The Breaker Boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co., by Lewis Hines. 1911. Library of Congress It’s not well known, but Lewis Hine, one of the icons of 20th-century documentary photography, was given an early boost by one of the first philanthropic foundations in America. The story of how philanthropy, photography and social welfare came together took more than 25 years to develop. It began in the last quarter of the 19th century with an unprecedented growth in
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