Restless Photographers of Yore
Back in 1902, a group of revolutionary photographers weren’t content to keep shooting film the old way — creating rigidly accurate photos. So, they “seceded” from the New York Camera Club, the preeminent society for photogs, and began playing with techniques to create photographic art influenced by the aesthetic of oil paintings, etchings, and drawings. They called the new manipulation of negatives Pictorialism. The Springfield exhibit features 75 works by secessionists including Alfred Steiglitz, Gertrude Kasebier, Edward Steichen, and Clarence White.
Photo-Secession, Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography. Through Aug. 28. Springfield Museums, 21 Edwards St., Springfield. (413)-263-6800.
— Kristin Palpini
