No where else in the world can you find the range of disciplines in one school. Over the last 50 years as we forged new programs, built our home in New York and expanded to our global academic centers, institutes emerged. Each are built with shared values, common goals, and a priority for putting students first. The result – a place where artists and scholars create the future.
Image Credit: Mary Ellen Mark, “Two Boys Praying in the Road”, Tunica, Mississippi, 1990.
In the Collection: Treasures from Photography & Imaging addresses the ways in which the Department of Photography & Imaging has collected all forms of photography in an effort to capture the times depicted. The exhibition highlights some of its greatest treasures by some of the most profound photographer sand artists of our time. The exhibition is organized in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the School of the Arts at NYU. The exhibition also explores how the collecting of photography has transformed our teaching methods over the last thirty-three years.