15 Photographs 15 Curators

The museum invited fifteen individuals from the university community—faculty, students, staff, administrators—to each choose a photograph from Sheldon’s permanent collection and write a brief reflection on or response to the work. The selected images span history, genres, and styles, just as the participants represent diverse intellectual and creative interests on campus. Equally varied are the reflections themselves. Some participants describe qualities that have drawn them to particular images; others consider the ways art provides a fresh lens for their specialized work in other disciplines. Photographs: Monte Gerlach Rising Form Sarah Charlesworth Candle Stanley Truman Joinery, Coloma, California Carrie Mae Weems Kitchen Table Series Ansel Adams Ranch House Near Carson City, Nevada, Winter Harold Edgerton Wes Fesler Kicking a Football Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California Frank Gohlke Landscape—Grain Elevator and Lightning Flash, Lamesa, Texas Mark Ruwedel Virginia and Truckee #1 Robert Adams Colorado Springs, Colorado Alan Cohen Robert Morris 134-7 Henry Holmes Smith Death of Punch Gordon Parks Willie Causey and Family, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956 Dorothea Lange Pathan Warrior Tribesman, Khyber Pass Judy Dater Kathleen Kell