Curatorial

humanature: works by Susan Bryant
The New Gallery, Aug. 26 - Sept. 20, 2020

exhibition essay by Laura Hutson Hunter

Susan Bryant is a photographer whose works includes gelatin silver prints, hand-colored silver prints, digital photographs, and most recently, the 19th century wet plate collodion process, creating glass negatives, ambrotypes and tintypes. This exhibition features several bodies of work developed over recent years and is a celebration of Bryant’s recent retirement from APSU where she spent the last 37 years as a professor of art.

“This year, we’re opening up our exhibition season with a celebration of one of our own faculty members – or recently retired faculty member I should say. Susan has been a stalwart of the department of Art+Design for the past 37 years. It has been a joy to witness the breadth of her teaching and realize how many students she has influenced and inspired. I’ve been a fan of Susan’s work since arriving at APSU six years ago, and I am truly honored to be able to work with her in this capacity. Susan’s work is visually stunning with a sense of fragility and self-awareness, and passion for the history of photography and photographic processes are apparent in her work.”
- Michael Dickins, Curator and Director of The New Gallery