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Has total 15 videos

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Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art Lecture

2012

In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comprised of 17 projects...

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Ellsworth Kelly & Jack Shear: Kindred Aesthetics, Mt. Lebanon Shaker Village

2011

The Shaker movement in America was founded by Ann Lee, a member of a religious sect near Manchester, England, that...

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John Szarkowski on John Szarkowski: Speaking of Art Lecture

2005

Prior to accepting the position of Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in 1962,...

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John Szarkowski on Eugène Atget: Speaking of Art Lecture

2004

"Szarkowksi's thinking, whether Americans know it or not, has become our thinking about photography." - US News & World Report,1990...

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John Szarkowski on Ansel Adams: Speaking of Art Lecture

2004

"Szarkowksi's thinking, whether Americans know it or not, has become our thinking about photography." - US News & World Report,...

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Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist

2002

For more than forty years, Ralph Gibson has served as one of the few truly independent forces within the field...

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John Szarkowski: A Life in Photography

1998

For nearly thirty years, from 1962 to 1991, John Szarkowski served as Director of the Department of Photography at the...

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Jan Groover: Tilting at Space

1994

Jan Groover is widely recognized as one of the preeminent fine arts photographers. Her work has been compared to that...

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Horst

1988

For the past eight decades, the photographs of Horst have been synonymous with elegance. While refining and updating his style,...

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Harry Callahan: Eleanor and Barbara

1983

This film documents Harry Callahan, one of the great masters of twentieth-century photography. Known for his repertoire of subjects -...

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