How do you decide on a photographic exhibition?
As a curator, you go from project to project. I usually choose monographic sort of exhibitions such as Dianne Arbus and currently Nan Goldin. I love photos, stories and writing. So I like where biography and art intersects, as well as the emotional response to art. I just think that’s how we sort of connect with each other – through storytelling, and through exploration of the human condition. So that for me is sort of where I sort of find my happy place. This all being said, I’m also into conceptual art.
There are many photographic topics I enjoy. We have Henry Fox Talbot in the collection from 1842 and we just bought a Sir Isaac Julien video piece that was made last year. But this is the nature of the job – we go from photojournalists in the 1950’s to the 1860’s from all around the world. And that’s what makes the job exciting – but you have to
