Yale MFA Photography Exhibition: what is the also?

September 2, 2021 - October 14, 2021

Opening Reception: September 2, 2021, 6-8 PM

Archive / Project Space is pleased to announce the opening of what is the also?, an exhibition curated by Sondra Perry of recent work by photographers from the 2020 Yale MFA Photography program: Angela Chen, D’Angelo Christian, Robert Andy Coombs, Rory Hamovit, Elizabeth Hibbard, Dawn Kim, Morgan Levy, Jane Lowe, Allison Minto and Jiajun Wang.

Writing about a recent exhibition of their work, David Campany remarked: 

I cannot help but notice the tenderness in much of the very varied imagery here. Nothing is harsh or calculating; nothing is brash or flashy; nothing is conspicuously knowing or overly keen to impress. For a generation or so, all of those less than tender qualities were what put photographic art on the map. Maybe it had to be smartly calculating and demonstrably so, to assert itself against the prejudices the medium routinely suffers. It had to look tough, like it knew all the angles and references. But something has changed. I think it is to do with tenderness, and I think it’s notable in the works of these particular image-makers.

The title what is the also? is borrowed from the opening lines of Carmen Winant’s text, “Questions for Photographers,” written on the occasion of this group’s thesis publication. 

The exhibition opens Thursday, September 2, 2021, and will be on view until Thursday, October 14, 2021.