An exhibition tracing the overlapping careers of three mid-twentieth-century photographers, Minor White, Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, who redefined photography as an art form.
Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan opened at the High Museum of Art on October 9 and runs through February 7, 2027. You'll find it in the Lucinda Weil Bunnen Gallery for Photography, on the lower level of the High's Wieland Pavilion.
The exhibition brings together three mid-twentieth-century photographers—Minor White (1908-1976), Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan—whose careers overlapped as they helped redefine photography just as it was gaining recognition as an art form in the 1950s and 60s. All three were part of the first generation of college-level photography teachers, starting in the 1940s, and the show's title comes from a phrase that appeared over and over in White's diaries and letters. For him, photography as a "way of life" meant something that pulled together artistic ambition, teaching, and personal growth. White was also a founding editor of Aperture, the influential magazine that launched in 1952.
Organized by the Princeton University Art Museum and curated by Brendan Fay, the High is the exclusive Southeast venue for the touring show. It draws on the museum's own holdings and the Minor White Archive for previously unpublished prints, slides, and archival materials, and it includes a video reconstruction of White's "Slow Dance."
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Entry is free for members and museum pass holders; for those who aren't members yet, it's $23.50. The exhibition runs through February 7, 2027, at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
