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Members’ Print Viewing: Portraiture and the Environment

Rollie McKenna, Eudora Welty, 1953, Gelatin silver print, Rosalie Thorne McKenna Archive © Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

Rollie McKenna, "Eudora Welty," 1953, Gelatin silver print, Rosalie Thorne McKenna Archive © Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

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Saturday, February 7, from 1:30–2:30 p.m., join the Center for Creative Photography’s chief curator, Dr. Rebecca Senf, for a special viewing of portrait photographs from the CCP’s collection. Senf will discuss the role of setting and ambient environment in the portraiture of several 20th-century contemporaries. 

The print viewing and discussion will include works by Rollie McKenna, Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, W. Eugene Smith, Arnold Newman, and Yusuf Karsten. 

This event is open to CCP members. RSVP is required, and capacity is limited. See recent members’ newsletters for a link to RSVP (or email Aidan Avery, aidanavery@arizona.edu).

This event coincides with Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna, on view at the CCP from January 31 – May 16, 2026.

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