The Quiet Landscapes of William B Post March 18, 2007

William B. Post photographed the picturesque rural landscape of Maine for more than two decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This exhibit will feature 60 of his original platinum prints and place his work within the larger context of a photographic movement known as "pictorialism." Practitioners of pictorial photography sought to create images of high aesthetic value, experimenting with the principles of other art movements, particularly French Barbizon painting and Impressionism. Post's photographs of snow-covered fields, blooming gardens and delicate water lilies are among the finest works of pictorial landscape photography from the era.