15 Photographs, 15 Curators

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Jan 18 2017 - May 7 2017

Fifteen University of Nebraska faculty, staff, and students were invited to become curators for an exhibition drawn from Sheldon’s permanent holdings of nearly 3,000 photographs. Each participant has chosen a single work from the collection and offers a personal response to the image. Featuring photographs by Ansel Adams, Harold Edgerton, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, and Carrie Mae Weems, among others, 15 Photographs, 15 Curators underscores Sheldon’s mission as a teaching museum by presenting multiple perspectives on the collection and demonstrates the myriad ways photography helps illuminate the particulars of our lives.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website





  • Photography
  • American
  • Ansel Adams
  • Harold Edgerton
  • Dorothea Lange
  • Gordon Parks
  • Carrie Mae Weems
  • and others

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