Word: exhibited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WEDDING IS CAUSE for celebration. Like all gala events, this exhibit of marriage photographs from the mid-19th century to the present is full of panoply, gaudy or elegant--full of subtle nuances. Wedding makes not only artistic statements, but social ones as well...
Several of the photographers of the exhibit sense that this woman is not alone. Talerman predicts that soon "it won't be the people's wedding anymore, it will be the photographers'. A few stylized and pre-planned shots are latched onto and people don't realize what is happening to them. Twenty years later...they will miss their wedding." Clearly, the image is all-important...
...exhibit shows the changes of this image over the last hundred years. The earlier formal portraits present the upper middle class surrounded by the proud symbols of wealth and status--bridal pictures from the turn of the century contain Victorian carpets, chairs and paintings. The tradition hasn't disappeared; John Howell's brides still pose in front of windows draped in velvet, or parade on polished marble in front of elegant settees. But more and more, as Bachrach says, "The upper middle class kids are turning away from wanting formal portraits. They want only candids and stainless steel...
...Another exhibit, bearing Patty's fingerprints although not her handwriting, was a neatly typed outline that Browning characterized as "a laundry list" of how to rob a bank. The step-by-step tips cautioned that planning the getaway could be tricky: "The first plan for the route isn't always the best." The paper called for a "final dry run," and a last-minute check of "weapons, ammo, clothing, disguise." Typed on the left side of the document was a warning: "Expect the unexpected...
...best prints are yet to come: This Saturday the Busch is opening an exhibit of Josef Alber's "Formulation: Articulation" and other works...