LECTURE: Todd Cronan, PH.D. - From Expression to Creation: Minor White's Theater

From Expression to Creation: Minor White’s Theater
Todd Cronan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern Art, Department of Art History, Emory University
White provocatively declared “candid” photography a “dead end.” White’s alternative to the subject “caught unawares” was what he called the “camera-conscious” approach. Professor Cronan contends that White’s engagement with theater that began at the Portland Civic Theatre changed the course of his photography. Moving from caught to conscious photography, his staged scenes opened up an influential course for the future of photographic practice.
This lecture was part of a day-long symposium on Minor White on April 20, 2018, as a partnership between Portland Art Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, and the Minor White Archive.