An Eye for Antiquity: Photographs from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Knight Zewadski

20 January–13 March 1994

The exhibition encompasses all types of photography taken in Greece and Rome from its inception in 1839 to the present day. The collection of William Knight Zewadski includes snapshots, photo albums, books illustrated with photography, and postcards, in addition to photography produced for purely artistic reasons. The exhibition includes nearly 80 of Zewadski’s more than 3000 piece collection now shared between the Tampa Museum of Art and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at Emory University. Of the photographs featured, some of the artists’ names are immediately recognizable, such as Edward Steichen, William Henry Fox Talbot, Louise-Emile Durandelle, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. The exhibition explores the themes of Classical motifs and archaeology as well as a range of photographic techniques, including daguerrotypes, albumen and silver prints, photogravures, and modern color prints.

Curator: Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Wesleyan University

The exhibition was made possible through funding provided in part by the Florida Department of State, the Florida Arts Council, and the Jacarlene Foundation. The presentation at the Smart Museum was made possible in part by the Illinois Arts Council.  

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