Cantor Arts Center
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Stanford, CA 94305-5060
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A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in the Landscape
Exhibition
A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in the Landscape
February 8–July 16, 2023
Robert Frank (American, born in Switzerland, 1924–2019), Couple with Child Sleeping in Woods, c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Gift of Raymond B. Gary, 1984.493.94 © June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery (211)
A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in the Landscape surveys ways of “being” in the landscape, encompassing common activities like sight-seeing, recreation, and play, and affective states like joy, intimacy, affinity, and belonging. Featuring approximately 55 American photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries from the Cantor collection depicting people in various outdoor public spaces, this single-gallery exhibition considers the importance of access to nature and leisure, what access entails, and how it shapes identity.
This exhibition is organized by the Cantor Arts Center. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Halperin Exhibitions Fund.