2/8/2002
Dreaming in Pictures
SFMoMA, San Francisco
The Photography of Lewis Carroll
Saturday, August 03, 2002 - Sunday, November 10, 2002
Before becoming a celebrated author of children's books under the pen name
Lewis Carroll, Oxford mathematics lecturer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was
known as a sophisticated and prolific photographer. This exhibition is the first
to present an art-historical analysis of Dodgson's photography - beautiful and
unusual works crafted with a distinctly Victorian sensibility and visual
vocabulary.The 76 photographs drawn together for Dreaming in Pictures: The
Photography of Lewis Carroll represent Dodgson's images of people, from
allegorical and historical tableaux to enigmatic, ethereal portraits of children.
Image: Xie Kitchin (in Greek Dress), 12 June 1873 Albumen print Courtesy Robert Koch Gallery
Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll is the first exhibition to offer a critical assessment of his
photographs from an art-historical perspective. Dodgson's fame as an author has impeded previous discussions of his
photographic career, where his images have been cast as hobbyist creations rather than serious works of art;
Dreaming in Pictures reveals Dodgson as a uniquely talented visual artist.
CATALOGUE
The exhibition catalogue, published by SFMOMA, is available in hardcover for $39.95 in the SFMOMA MuseumStore.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS, CLASSES, AND EVENTS
Friday, August 30, 2002
Art and Conversation
To Stop a Bandersnatch: Meaning and Metaphor in Lewis Carroll's Alice Books
Mark Burstein, Vice-President, Lewis Carroll Society of North America 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Burstein discusses the multitude of meanings found in Lewis Carroll's classic children's books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the
Looking-Glass. A docent-led tour of the exhibition immediately follows the discussion.
Free with Museum admission.
For more information, call the Education Programs Information Line at 415.947.1292.
Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll is organized by
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Support for this exhibition is
generously provided by John Jago Trelawney in memory of his aunt
Sallie Benfield.