Exhibitions
Exhibitions
The Alice Austen House is a living, breathing photographic museum. In addition to the permanent exhibition exploring the life and photographic legacy of Alice Austen we curate three changing contemporary exhibitions per year. These changing exhibitions explore essential intersections between Austen’s work and contemporary themes in art and journalistic photography.
Current
Exhibitions
THIS EXHIBITION IS SUPPORTED BY THIS EXHIBITION IS SUPPORTED BY the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Richmond County Savings Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Picturing the Water: The Work of Alice Austen at the Noble Maritime Collection
On view starting may 18, 2023
The Alice Austen House and the Noble Maritime Collection present a collection of never-before-seen nautical photographs of one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers. Living and working on Staten Island during the Gilded Age, Alice Austen (1866–1952) was one of the first women photographers to work outside the confines of a studio, employing a visionary documentary style that was ahead of its time. Picturing the Water explores Austen’s deep connection to both local and international waterways and the vessels that traverse them. The newly printed photographs, reproduced from Austen’s glass plate and film negatives, will be framed in John Noble’s signature handmade frames and will reflect on parallels between the artists’ visions.
Presented at The Noble Maritime Collection, located on the campus of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Center.
Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor
1000 Richmond Terrace
Building D
Staten Island, NY 10301
www.noblemaritime.org
Picturing the Water is curated by Victoria Munro with collections assistance by Kristine Allegretti, Director of Collections and Operations.