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Georgia O'Keeffe, Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), 1964–68, black-and-white Polaroid, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), 1964–68, black-and-white Polaroid, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Chrysler Building from the Window of the Waldorf Astoria, New York, circa 1960, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Chrysler Building from the Window of the Waldorf Astoria, New York, circa 1960, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, North Patio Corridor, 1956–57, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, North Patio Corridor, 1956–57, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

 

Georgia O'Keeffe, Roofless Room, 1959–60, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Roofless Room, 1959–60, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

 

Georgia O'Keeffe, Waiʻanapanapa Black Sand Beach, March 1939, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe, Waiʻanapanapa Black Sand Beach, March 1939, gelatin silver print, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Todd Webb, Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1959, printed later, inkjet print, Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine, USA

Todd Webb, Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1959, printed later, inkjet print, Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine, USA

 

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Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer

February 3–May 7, 2023

The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234)
Ticketed. Free for Members.
Friends of Photography
Press Release

 

How well do we know iconic American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe? Scholars have examined her paintings, home, library, letters, and even her clothes. Yet, despite O’Keeffe’s long and complex association with the American photographic avant garde, no previous exhibition has explored her work as a photographer.

Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer presents nearly 100 photographs by the artist, together with a complementary selection of paintings and drawings. These works illuminate O’Keeffe’s use of the camera to further her modernist vision, showing how she embraced photography as a unique artistic practice and took ownership of her relationship with the medium.

Discover, for the first time, O’Keeffe’s eloquent and perceptive photographic vision.

#OKeeffePhotography

This exhibition has an accessible pathway, large print labels, and an audio exhibition available via QR code.

 

Featured Media

Press

Learn ahead or revisit key moments with on-point coverage from Hyperallergic.

Perspectives

Hear from the LIFE magazine photographer who pictured O’Keeffe for the 1968 cover story on view in the exhibition.

Perspectives

Delve into O’Keeffe’s formative relationship with photographer and art-world arbiter, Alfred Stieglitz.

Exhibition Content

Download complete Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer large print labels, optimized for screen reader.

Video

Watch originating curator Lisa Volpe’s opening lecture.

Video

Author Carol S. Merrill reflects on seven years of weekends with the artist.

Video

Watch Georgia O’Keeffe, the Power of Place & the Creative Ecosystem.

Audio Exhibition

Hear verbal descriptions of highlighted artworks and interpretive content for the exhibition, wherever you are.

Access the Audio Exhibition

Events & Programs

If you need accessibility accommodations for this program or event, please email [email protected]. Please contact us in advance to ensure accommodations can be made.

 

Members Opening

Thursday, February 2, 2023, 5–7 p.m.

 

Opening Lecture–Through Another Lens: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Photography

Thursday, February 2, 2023, 7–8 p.m.

 

Evenings for Educators: Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer

Thursday, February 16, 2023, 4–7 p.m.

 

CAM Kids Day: Finding My Happy Place

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

 

Georgia O’Keeffe, the Power of Place & the Creative Ecosystem

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6–8:30 p.m.

 

Film Screening & Lecture: Memories of Miss O’Keeffe, an evening with Carol S. Merrill

Thursday, April 6, 2023, 7-9 p.m.

This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with the collaboration of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.

 

Organizing Sponsor

Harold C. Schott Foundation

 

Exhibition Sponsor

Capital One

 

Generously supported by

Helen E. Allen Charitable Foundation