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Color photograph of a pitcher getting ready to throw a ball on a green stripped baseball field.

Artist Profile: Walter Iooss

Walter Iooss Jr. is an American photographer best known for his award-winning images of some of the world's greatest athletes,

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a concrete wall surrounded by vines and trees.

Artist Profile: Gloria Baker Feinstein

Since the young age of two years old, Portland, Oregon-based Jewish photographer Gloria Baker Feinstein had a camera in her hand. Her reflections, stories, and connections in her images ask viewers to find beauty in tragedy.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection The Holocaust

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Highly colorful photograph of the side of a building with rainbow colors being reflected.

Artist Profile: Robert Koropp

Through his photography, Robert Koropp combined his backgrounds in science and art in experimental ways.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Brightly colored photograph of a closeup of an orange flower with lots of petals.

Artist Profile: Joyce Tenneson

Joyce Tenneson's portraits, floral or human, strive to expose the inner life of her subjects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph landscape of an industrial area that looks abandoned.

Artist Profile: Caleb Cain Marcus

Caleb Cain Marcus is a New York City-based photographer whose images inspect themes of environmental justice or injustice through depictions of nature, people, and the invisible.

Contemporary Photography Landscapes

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a child wearing ballerina clothing against a blue wall.

Artist Profile: Sarah Wong

From 2003 to 2018, Dutch photographer Sarah Wong followed and photographed the lives of cross-gendered children.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph, top half is white sky with birds, bottom half is dark water with small waves.

Artist Profile: Sally Gall

Throughout Sally Gall's career she has focused on the natural world, using her keen eye for composition to create abstractions of familiar subjects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Artist Profile: Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson's images are often high-contrast, black and white, abstract photographs that feature everyday objects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a woman wearing all black raising her hands towards the sky.

Artist Profile: Peter Turnley

Peter Turnley's photographs drawn attention to the plight of those who have suffered great hardships or injustice, while finding that many aspects of life are also beautiful, poetic, just, and inspirational.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white detailed photograph of a large, gnarly tree on the beach.

Artist Profile: W. Howard Bond

A former student of Ansel Adams, Ann Arbor, Michigan-based photographer W. Howard Bond has been regarded as a master of large-frame film photography.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of an aerial view landscape.

Artist Profile: Douglas Gilbert

Douglas R. Gilbert has been a serious photographer since the age of 14, when he could be found taking pictures of his local Michigan neighborhood and friends.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a lighted sign that reads "Men Don't Protect You Anymore"

Artist Profile: Donna Ferrato

Donna Ferrato is an internationally recognized photojournalist and activist best known for her documentation of the hidden world of domestic violence.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Artist Profile: Dick Dokas

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based photographer Dick Dokas' black and white images are most frequently of landscapes and flowers.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colorful photograph of a female figure nearly camouflaged against the background holding up two decorative porcelain plates while another covers her face and other float agains the background around the figure.

Artist Profile: Patty Carroll

Chicago- based photographer Patty Carroll has become known for her use of highly intense, often life-size, saturated color photographs that address women and their complicated relationships domesticity, identity, and excess.

Chicago Artist Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a steam ship in water, docked; reflections rippling in water.

Artist Profile: David Plowden

Illinois-based photographer David Plowden's images focus on the struggle between civilization and nature, old and new.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photography of a mountain with snow covered trees.

Artist Profile: David Lubbers

Through his black and white photography, Grand Rapids-based photographer David Lubbers strives to capture a moment in time that may never be captured the same way ever again.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a woman, surprised, at a stain on her dress. She mis much larger than the pink kitchen items around her.

Artist Profile: Darlene Kaczmarczyk

Darlene Kaczmarczyk's photographs often evoke nostalgia. They are also loaded with messages about expected behaviors, relationships, and attitudes.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Photograph of a man fixing bikes. The bike nearest the man is dark blue/black while the bike to the left is deep red.

Artist Profile: Dan Watts

Dan Watts is an accomplished and celebrated Grand Rapids and GVSU alumni photographer.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Double image photograph, one layer is of a backyard, the other is an older woman with floral window curtains.

Artist Profile: Claudia S. Liberatore

Local Grand Rapids photographer Claudia S. Liberatore first picked up a camera as a young wife and mother of three children, looking for a way to bring some structure and a sense of control into her life.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a man turned to look out a window. He wears a large brooch.

Artist Profile: Alen MacWeeney

Born in Dublin, Ireland, at the beginning of World War II Alen MacWeeny became a photographer known for his street photography and portraits of travelers.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb