Through Sun 6/30
We’re getting bombarded right now with events surrounding the upcoming total solar eclipse on Monday April 8, and understandably so: being in the path of this eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is getting into the act with a newly opened photography show called Barbara Bosworth: Sun Light Moon Shadow, in its Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries now through Sunday June 30. We’re told that the show focuses on “celebrating humans’ innate desire to find meaning in light,” something photography is exceptionally well-positioned to do.
“My love of nature was shaped by my backyard woods and streams while growing up in Novelty, Ohio,” says Bosworth. “My love of art and science was shaped by the museums of Cleveland, including art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It’s an honor to return to the place that was so formative to my experience and imagination, combining my love of nature with my love of Cleveland.”
The show features nine large color images of the sky and heavenly bodies, alongside six smaller black and white images of light — even fireflies! — on earth, created with a large-format 8 x 10 camera.
“Light is everything in photography,” she adds, claiming sky gazing as a lifelong obsession. “Photographing astronomical bodies fascinates me. Especially when you consider that the light must travel millions of years — an immense, unfathomable distance—to land on my film. My hope is that this exhibition will help visitors connect with nature in new ways, especially given the opportunity to experience the total solar eclipse in Cleveland.”
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