The Top Photography + Philanthropy Stories of the 2010-2020 Decade
A list of the top ten stories about photography that was enhanced by philanthropy in the 2010-2010 decade.
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy: Part 5: “A Mighty Fine Deed of Mr. Morgan”
Edward Curtis was having a very, very good day. It was early January 1906, and he had just walked out of a meeting with Wall Street...
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The Remarkable Hall Family of Kansas City
“The fine arts,” says Donald J. Hall, “are tangible expressions of the very best kind of creativity and problem-solving. They contribute...
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An Interview with Keith F. Davis, Part 1: It’s Not a Normal Job
Keith F. Davis is the Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. For 26 years, he was...
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Photography is a Language That We All Speak: An Interview with Lisa Sutcliffe
Lisa Sutcliffe is the Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum. She came to Milwaukee in 2013 from the San...
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Collectors as Philanthropists: William and Saundra Lane
William H. Lane was the classic “right man at the right place at the right time.” Lane, called Bill by anyone who knew him well,...
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LENS@LACMA: Interpreting Photography in Real Time
LENS: Photography Council is the donor engagement program for the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County...
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David Logan's Legacy
This is the first in a three-part series about the influence of philanthropist David Logan. David Logan, an important philanthropist who...
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David Logan's Legacy
Part 2: Ken Light and the State of Documentary Photography This is the second in a three-part series about the influence of...
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The Picture Says It All: A Conversation with Shari Sant Plummer
Shari Sant Plummer is an internationally known conservation activist, philanthropist and photographer. She is president of Code Blue...
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy: Part 4, Lewis Hine and the Human Document
It’s not well known, but Lewis Hine, one of the icons of 20th-century documentary photography, was given an early boost by one of the...
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 3
Westward the Course of the Empire Photography played an essential role in the Euro-American exploration of the western North America in...
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 2: The Sad Tale of Mr. Brady
“This man…sent his organization into the field of battle to take pictures of the fight that was going on…. This man has given twenty‒five...
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A Brief History of Photography and Philanthropy, Part 1
It All Started When It Started “Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of cholorform!” ~Jane Welsh...
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