Currently on show at IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Influence and Identity is a major exhibition of twentieth century portrait photography from the Bank of America Collection, showcasing the works of international photographers from the early through to the mid-twentieth century - a period often called the golden age of portrait photography. Click above for a selection of images.
© Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco
and Luhring Augustine, New York
Influence and Identity comprises 83 artworks by master portraitists such as Antony Armstrong-Jones, Richard Avedon, Yousuf Karsh and Gisèle Freund, as well as renowned photographers Berenice Abbott, Imogen Cunningham, Garry Winogrand and Brassaï.
Using photography, a medium born of the modern era, these great artists produced images capturing the commanding personalities of celebrated figures in popular culture, politics and the arts.
Many of the subjects included in the exhibition are notable figures from culture and politics, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Miles Davis, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Tecumseh Deerfoot Cook, Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon.
Gum dichromate print, mounted, Bank of America Collection
Annie Fletcher, IMMA Director said; "This promises to be a remarkable collection exhibition that not only showcases a selection of world-class photographers from the 20th century, but also pays homage to some of the most recognisable activists, politicians, changemakers and creatives of our time."
Influence and Identity: Twentieth Century Portrait Photography from the Bank of America Collection is at IMMA (the Irish Museum of Modern Art) until October 8th 2023 - find out more here.
