Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective

Feb 21–May 26, 2001

A black and white photograph looking up at the sky through a canopy of trees with tall, slender trunks, likely birches, converging towards the center of the image from various angles. The leaves form a dense, textured pattern against the light sky.
A black and white photograph looking up at the sky through a canopy of trees with tall, slender trunks, likely birches, converging towards the center of the image from various angles. The leaves form a dense, textured pattern against the light sky.

Kenneth Josephson, Aspens in Motion, Colorado, August 1959, 1959. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm) Image: 7 1/16 × 7 in. (17.9 × 17.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2000.233

Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective was organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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