Ken Scharf, painter. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1985.
This preserved scene shows A man stands in front of a painting he is creating on the wall of a room. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Ken Scharf, painter. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1985.
This preserved scene shows A man stands in front of a painting he is creating on the wall of a room. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Ken Scharf, painter. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1985.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
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Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Scott County High School principal Gregory Figgs, Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1998.