John Gutmann: The Photographer at Work

Posted on | October 22, 2009 | No Comments

Have you been to the Center for Creative Photography yet? This would be a good time to check it out. This is what the website says about a new display: “John Gutmann (1905-1998) captured images of American culture, celebrating signs of a vibrant democracy, however imperfect. German born and trained as an artist and art teacher, he fled the Nazis in 1933 for San Francisco, reinventing himself as a photo-reporter. His outsider status-a Jew in Germany, an immigrant in the United States -informed his focus on multiculturalism.

This exhibition draws on the Center for Creative Photography’s archive of Gutmann’s photographs and papers to present both unfamiliar works and little-known contexts for his imagery, linking his photography to his passion for painting and filmmaking, his collections of non-Western art and artifacts, and his devotion to teaching.”

• Where: Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road Tucson, AZ 85721 (520) 621-7968
• When: Thursday, October 23, 2009 – January 31, 2010. Hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday – Sunday, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
• How much: Admission is free, but they’d like a donation.

–Posted by Hortense P. Tightwad

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