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Portland Art Museum presents Minor White's evocative Oregon photographs

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Portland Art Museum presents Minor White's evocative Oregon photographs

In the Beginning: Minor White’s Oregon Photographs
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon
On view through October 21

The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is currently presenting In the Beginning: Minor White’s Oregon Photographs, a two-part photography exhibition highlighting the evocative works of the famed 20th-century modernist photographer.

The twin showcases focus on White’s early work documenting historic architecture and landscapes in Oregon. In 1938, White was hired to record changes along the city’s Front Avenue for the Oregon Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Employed as a “creative photographer,” White documented the iron-front and industrial buildings in the district that were to be demolished in order to make way for Harbor Drive, a new highway on-ramp. The project was followed in 1942 by a commission from PAM to document a pair of historic Portland homes.


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