Exhibition

Burk Uzzle: Southern Landscapes

28 May 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

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The Nasher Museum presents Burk Uzzle: Southern Landscapes an exhibition in the Incubator, as part of The Collection Galleries.

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Based in Wilson, North Carolina, Uzzle has photographed the American South for over five decades, capturing nuanced views in both black and white and color from the mountains to the coast. The 16 photographs selected for this show explore rural life in this region and how southerners have engaged with the landscape over time. This exhibition is part of a collaboration between the Nasher Museum, the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Each museum will present an exhibition of Uzzle’s photography covering a broad range of subjects from the artist’s extensive career, and each show will be on view during the summer of 2016.

“Burk Uzzle may have been my first hero.” – Charlie Rose
 Listen to an interview with Burk Uzzle by guest host Phoebe Judge on “The State of Things” on WUNC (91.5).

One of America’s most highly regarded photographers, Burk Uzzle began his career at age 17 as a staff photographer for The News & Observer in Raleigh. At 23, he became the youngest photographer ever hired by Life magazine.  In 1967 he joined the legendary photographic agency Magnum Photos and served two terms as its president.  While with Magnum, he shot his seminal images of Woodstock and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral.  Since 1984, Uzzle has been an independent artist. His photographs have been published and exhibited widely in the United States and Europe and are represented in many museum collections, including the Nasher’s.

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