Come join the Brown Club of Georgia for a private, curated tour of the new Evelyn Hofer photography exhibit at the High Museum of Atlanta!
Referred to as "the most famous unknown photographer in America," Hofer's career spanned five decades and several continents. The photographs in the "Eye on the City" exhibit feature landscapes and portraits and "urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations after World War II."
2:00 pm: private High Museum docent tour
3:00 pm onwards: Join us at the cafe to share your impressions of the exhibit and chat with other Brunonians in a relaxed atmosphere -- or continue your visit of all the High Museum has to offer
Please arrive by 1:50pm so we can begin the tour promptly at 2. We'll meet near the front entrance or in the lobby.
Maximum of 30 tickets available.
Questions? Contact Sarah Gomel '06, 415-215-9759, sarah@gomel.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Evelyn Hofer (American, born Germany, 1922; died Mexico, 2009) was a highly innovative photographer whose prolific career spanned five decades. Despite her extraordinary output, she was underrecognized during her lifetime and was notably referred to by New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer as “the most famous unknown photographer in America.” She made her greatest impact through a series of photobooks, published throughout the 1960s, devoted to European and American cities, including Florence, London, New York, Washington, DC, and Dublin, and a book focused on the country of Spain. Comprising more than one hundred vintage prints in both black and white and color, Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City, the artist’s first major museum exhibition in the United States in over fifty years, is organized around those publications. The featured photographs combine landscapes and architectural views with portraiture and convey the unique character and personality of these urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations after World War II.
ABOUT VISITING THE MUSEUM
Manual wheelchairs and strollers are available for free use on a first-come, first-served basis. To check out a wheelchair or stroller, please leave your ID at the Wieland Lobby coat check.
Street parking and parking at the Woodruff Arts Center Garage is available. The High Museum is also easily accessible via MARTA (Midtown Arts Center stop).