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Portrait of the 20th century

By Joleen Oshiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 08, 2008

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The Honolulu Academy of Arts' ongoing "Graphic Cabinet" series, featuring works on paper, turns the spotlight to its own rarely seen photography collection.

"Face to Face," running through Feb. 22, features 20 portraits by such photographic icons as Robert Frank, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe and Garry Winogrand.

Curatorial honors go to Shaun Tateishi, an academy intern who graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in museum studies. Tateishi says he decided on a portraiture show because "photography is something we can all appreciate."

"Photography throughout the 20th century has been a democratizing tool. We all take snapshots, often of the things and people we love. It's very familiar to the public."

Tateishi says the photographs he selected are culturally important because of the photographers who took them, the subjects themselves or for the fact that they are representative of portrait photography of the 20th century.

Whatever the reason, "they are wonderful examples of the academy's collection," he says.

The Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10, $5 for seniors, students and military. Children get in free. Call 532-8700.

 

The Honolulu Academy of Arts' ongoing "Graphic Cabinet" series, featuring works on paper, turns the spotlight to its own rarely seen photography collection.

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Robert Frank's 1956 silver gelatin print "Charleston" is one of the 20 photographs in "Face to Face," showing at the Honolulu Academy of Arts through Feb. 22.

"Face to Face," running through Feb. 22, features 20 portraits by such photographic icons as Robert Frank, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe and Garry Winogrand.

Curatorial honors go to Shaun Tateishi, an academy intern who graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in museum studies. Tateishi says he decided on a portraiture show because "photography is something we can all appreciate."

"Photography throughout the 20th century has been a democratizing tool. We all take snapshots, often of the things and people we love. It's very familiar to the public."

Tateishi says the photographs he selected are culturally important because of the photographers who took them, the subjects themselves or for the fact that they are representative of portrait photography of the 20th century.

Whatever the reason, "they are wonderful examples of the academy's collection," he says.

The Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10, $5 for seniors, students and military. Children get in free. Call 532-8700.

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