Philanthropy

The Top Photography + Philanthropy Stories of the 2010-2020 Decade

A list of the top ten stories about photography that was enhanced by philanthropy in the 2010-2010 decade.

A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy: Part 5: “A Mighty Fine Deed of Mr. Morgan”

Edward Curtis was having a very, very good day. It was early January 1906, and he had just walked out of a meeting with Wall Street...

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...

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...

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...

Collectors as Philanthropists: William and Saundra Lane

William H. Lane was the classic “right man at the right place at the right time.” Lane, called Bill by anyone who knew him well,...

LENS@LACMA: Interpreting Photography in Real Time

LENS: Photography Council is the donor engagement program for the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County...

David Logan's Legacy

This is the first in a three-part series about the influence of philanthropist David Logan. David Logan, an important philanthropist who...

David Logan's Legacy

Part 2: Ken Light and the State of Documentary Photography This is the second in a three-part series about the influence of...

The Picture Says It All: A Conversation with Shari Sant Plummer

Shari Sant Plummer is an internationally known conservation activist, philanthropist and photographer. She is president of Code Blue...

A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy: Part 4, Lewis Hine and the Human Document

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...

A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 3

Westward the Course of the Empire Photography played an essential role in the Euro-American exploration of the western North America in...

A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 2: The Sad Tale of Mr. Brady

“This man…sent his organization into the field of battle to take pictures of the fight that was going on…. This man has given twenty‒five...

A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 1

It All Started When It Started “Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of cholorform!” ~Jane Welsh...

TIM GREYHAVENS