Throughout the American Moments exhibition, we’ve been highlighting responses to our Title This! in-gallery interactive. Some participants have been quite punny. Water you thinking about? Let us know on social media with #AmericanMoments!
Credits clockwise from top left: Lauren; Marc Kron from VA; Carly Hurwitz from IL; James Moore from DC; and Kristy Pettie from DC.
Titles for our in-gallery activity in the American Moments exhibition have run the seasonal gamut. “Snow or sand?” seems to be a subject of debate. What do you think? Let us know by submitting your own title via social media using #AmericanMoments.
Credits clockwise from top left: Ellie from Alexandria, VA; Lourdes Revinejo from Washington, DC; Susan from DC; Dr. Eugene R. Muth from Arlington, VA; Raki Jones from Washington, DC; and Clair Weatherby from Washington, DC.
Harry Callahan, Untitled, between 1972 and 1975. Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in. The Phillips Collection, Washingotn, DC. Gift of Fern M. Schad, 2005.
Our Title This! in-gallery interactive in the American Moments exhibition, which asks visitors to title an untitled photograph by Harry Callahan, has received hundreds of responses. Several visitors recall specific locations throughout the American landscape:
Reading, PA (Becky Weidner)
Dunes, Santa Monica (Bill)
Sand Dunes, Plum Island (Drew from Washington, DC)
The Cape, MA (Gertrude Friedman from Arlington, VA)
Looks like Michigan (Kelsey from Ann Arbor, MI)
Does the photograph remind you of someplace you’ve been? Let us know via social media with #AmericanMoments.
