Free Lecture: “Building a History of Photography: Clarence John Laughlin’s Collection”

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Williams Research Center at The Historic New Orleans Collection
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New Orleans LA 70130
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New Orleans Museum of Art curator Russell Lord talks about the photographer Clarence John Laughlin’s personal collection of works.

Clarence John Laughlin, _The Unending Stream_, 1941. Collection of the Clarence John Laughlin Archive at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Clarence John Laughlin, The Unending Stream, 1941. Collection of the Clarence John Laughlin Archive at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

In conjunction with “Clarence John Laughlin and His Contemporaries: A Picture and a Thousand Words,” The Historic New Orleans Collection presents a talk with Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art. In his lecture, Lord discusses photographer Clarence John Laughlin’s own collection of works by artists including Man Ray, Edward Weston, and Carlotta Corpron.

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. RSVP to wrc@hnoc.org or to 504.523.4662.

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