Primal Seen: Selections from the CU Art Museum's Collection of Photography from the 19th Century to
the Present features selections from the CU Art Museum’s collection of over 1300 photographs
highlighting themes including remembrance and memory, the gaze and the female body, and
19th century tropes and techniques as they continue to be used and referenced in the works of
contemporary artists.
Artists featured in the exhibition include Sama Alshaibi, E.J. Bellocq, Michael Bishop, Kate
Breakey, Albert Chong, Linda Connor, Judy Dater, Jeanne Dunning, Ralph Gibson, Judith
Golden, Philippe Halsman, Robert Heinecken, Mary Ellen Mark, Esther Parada, Laura Shill, Lou
Stoumen, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, and George Woodman. The exhibition also includes a
selection of 19th century hand-colored photographs, carte de visite, stereoscopic albumen prints,
ambrotypes, and daguerreotypes from the CU Art Museum’s permanent collection as well as
selections of 19th century and early 20th century photographs from Special Collections, Norlin
Library, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder.
This exhibition is generously supported in part by the HBB Foundation and the CU Art Museum
Benefactors and Members as well as the Arts and Culture Enrichment (ACE) student fees.
PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Tamiris Becker, Director · lisa.becker@colorado.edu · 303-492-8003
 
Image:
E. J. (Ernest James) Bellocq, American (1873-1949)
Nude on Wicker Couch, c. 1911-13
from the series “Storyville Portraits”
gelatin silver print on gold-toned printing-out paper
8 x 10 inches
Gift of Mr. Rick Koopman, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder
97.18
Photo: CU Art Museum
E.J. Bellocq © Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco