Celebrate the Akron Art Museum’s commitment to art photography through this exhibition which surveys the history of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Purchase Award for Photographic Media.
In 1991, the Akron Art Museum purchased six black-and-white photographs by Harry Callahan. This was the first in a series of acquisitions made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Purchase Award for Photographic Media, which was established in 1990. The award, which recognises artists’ achievements and funds the Museum’s purchase of their work, is given once a year to a living artist working with photographic media. Responsibility to Reveal will survey the twenty-two artists recognised with the Knight Purchase Award thus far. Collectively, the works cover an expansive range of perspectives and subject matter, representing the very best of photographic creativity over the past thirty years.