Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer June 20, 2010

Organized by the High Museum of Art, this is the first major exhibition dedicated to the work of the Danish-born American photographer Peter Sekaer. Consisting of approximately 75 vintage gelatin silver prints, several of which have never been on public view, the works in the exhibition span the years 1935 through 1945 and document the effects of the Great Depression in several American cities. Many of the photographs were made while Sekear was working as a photographer for government agencies such as the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) and the United States Housing Authority (USHA). The majority of works in the exhibition are new acquisitions—giving the High the largest museum holding of Sekear’s photographs in the United States—complemented by selected loans from other public collections and the artist’s estate.

Official Website: http://www.high.org/main.taf?p=3,1,1,19,1