Upcoming Exhibitions
Street
October 2 - December 3, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 2, 2025
6:00 - 8:00pm
Dittmar Gallery
STREET takes viewers back in time through a series of candid street photographs that capture varied aspects of humanity and society in the early 1980s. Striking black and white photographs showcase people on the street, chance encounters, reflections from store windows, graphic walls and signage. Captured on the streets of many cities from Chicago, Illinois to Cairo, Egypt, the timeless quality of the photographs evokes a sense of common humanity, focusing the lens on the shared universal qualities of humans regardless of their many differences. STREET provides engaging images that invite viewers to reflect on the ways photography shapes our understanding of public spaces and the stories embedded within them.
Image: Ann Kogen, “Florence, Italy”, Nikon FM camera with black and white TRI-X film, 1983. Courtesy of the artist
ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ the ArtistAnn Kogen, a native of Evanston, has been a lifelong photographer. In the early 1980’s she was influenced by photographers of the time such as Gary Winogrand, Elliot Erwitt and Mary Ellen Mark, and the WPA photographers who documented the vivid realities of life. With her Nikon in hand, she photographed the world around her documenting places and people on the street in various locations where she traveled, shooting 35 mm black and white film, then processing the film and making darkroom prints. Fascinated with the range of options photography offered, she spent many years shooting black and white film, doing hand coloring on black and white photos, shooting color film, and experimenting with different kinds of film and cameras. She prefers to work in series, following an idea or subject to guide her image making. Her body of photographic work includes a variety of approaches including documentary, portrait, abstract and collage. For her, photography allows one to capture the moment, defying the passage of time, to hold a moment long after it has passed. Photography is a kind of magic that helps us to enter the past. |
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