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Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007–2010

Scaife Gallery 1 Sept. 17, 2011–Mar. 25, 2012
W. Eugene Smith photograph Workmen in Mellon Square Park
W. Eugene Smith, American, 1918–1978; Working in a Steel Plant, 1955‑1957, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Lorant Collection, 82.32.530

Experience Pittsburgh through the lenses of nine photographers who call the city their home. Inspired by the city’s rich tradition of documentary photography, The Heinz Endowments asked photographers to record the current renaissance of Downtown, as told through rivers, parks, buildings, and transportation systems, and brought to life through the celebrations and challenges, faces, and personalities of the people who live and work there. The artists of the Downtown Now Photography Project—Melissa Farlow, Jim Judkis, Richard Kelly, Kenneth Neely, Annie O’Neill, Mark Perrott, Martha Rial, Renee Rosensteel, and Dylan Vitone—focused on changes, large and small, in Pittsburgh today. Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007–2010 presents 80 works selected by curator of photography Linda Benedict-Jones from the final Project archive of over 400, providing ample evidence that after more than 100 years, photographers continue to marvel over our unique urban landscape.

Exhibition Images

W. Eugene Smith photograph Workmen in Mellon Square Park
W. Eugene Smith, American, 1918–1978; Working in a Steel Plant, 1955‑1957, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Lorant Collection, 82.32.530
Margaret Bourke‑White's Pittsburgh: Aerial View of City from Oakland
Margaret Bourke‑White, American, 1904–1971; (Pittsburgh: Aerial View of City from Oakland), 1956; gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 84.7.17
Esther Bubley's Downtown: Men Talking on a Downtown Street in Pittsburgh
Esther Bubley, American, 1921–1998; (Downtown: Men Talking on a Downtown Street in Pittsburgh), 1950; gelatin silver developing‑out print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 85.4.50
Harold Corsini's Overview: Looking toward Downtown Pittsburgh from Fineview Hill at Night
Harold Corsini, American, 1919–2008; (Overview: Looking toward Downtown Pittsburgh from Fineview Hill at Night), 1950, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 85.4.63
Elliott Erwitt's Industry: Workman on Gateway Center Demolition Project
Elliott Erwitt, American, b. 1928; (Industry: Workman on Gateway Center Demolition Project), 1950, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 86.16.47
Sol Libsohn's Downtown Street Scene: Men Watching Mellon Building Construction
Sol Libsohn, American, 1914–2001; (Downtown Street Scene: Men Watching Mellon Building Construction), 1950; gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 86.16.125
Richard Saunders' Event: Armed Forces Day Parade on Grant Street
Richard Saunders, American, 1922–1987; (Event: Armed Forces Day Parade on Grant Street), 1951; gelatin silver print, Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 86.16.142

Support

General operating support for Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.