---
title: "Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth"
date: 2012-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
author: Caroline Herr
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/natural-histories-photographs-by-barbara-bosworth"
section: Exhibitions
---
![Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/exNaturalHistoriesBosworth_3600_01.jpg)

 Past Exhibition

# Natural Histories, Photographs by Barbara Bosworth

 

On view April 14, 2012 to March 31, 2013

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## See touching images that explore the wistfulness of aging, memory and the passage of time.

 

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.

 

 

 

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 ![Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/ex_SallyMann_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings

 

June 30, 2018 to September 23, 2018

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 ![Ansel Adams: At the Water's Edge](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_AnselAdams_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Ansel Adams: At the Water's Edge

 

June 9 to October 8, 2012

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 ![Photography](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Collection_Photography_Share_1800px.jpg)

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Photography

 

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