Christmas Solar Eclipse in My Father's Hands, Sanibel, 2000
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Gelatin silver print
©Barbara Bosworth
Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
On view April 14, 2012 to March 31, 2013
Located in the: Photography, Hilborn Gallery
Over the last 20 years, renowned Boston artist Barbara Bosworth has made photographs of her family around her childhood home in Novelty, Ohio, and at other locations significant to her family. Be among the first to see these touching images that explore the joy of youth and the wistfulness of aging, memory and the passage of time. Also on view, delicate natural objects collected by Bosworth's family show a continuity of interest in nature across generations.
The photographs in Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth are among the most successful of Bosworth's career, but most will appear for the first time at PEM.
Support provided by the East India Marine Associates (EIMA) of the Peabody Essex Museum. Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth is part of PEM's Year of Photography, which is sponsored in part by WBUR, Boston's NPR news station, Hunt's Photo & Video, and Canon.
Images
Christmas Solar Eclipse in My Father's Hands, Sanibel, 2000
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Gelatin silver print
©Barbara Bosworth
Fireflies, Massachusetts, 2005
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Color analog print
©Barbara Bosworth
The Stream Below the House, Novelty, 2009
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Color analog print
©Barbara Bosworth
Jeff Looking at Clover in my Parent's Yard, Novelty, 1998
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Gelatin silver print
©Barbara Bosworth
Blue Pool at the Sycamore, Novelty, 2008
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Color inkjet print
©Barbara Bosworth
Picking Wild Roses and Blackberries in the Backyard, Novelty, 1992
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Inkjet print
©Barbara Bosworth
Jeff with a Magnifier, Mentor, 2000
Barbara Bosworth (born 1953)
Gelatin silver print
©Barbara Bosworth
