Expressions of Compassion:

Selections from the Barbara Morris Goodbody Photography Collection

October 28, 2022 – March 11, 2023

Barbara Morris Goodbody, a generous supporter of the Museum of Art, recently gave over one hundred photographs from her distinguished collection to the museum. Focusing on 20th and 21st century photographers, the collection has an emphasis on empathy and compassion, themes of great importance to her. “Expressions of Compassion”, the museum’s first exhibition from this collection and first to make selections from the collection available to the public, celebrates this gift.

Photographers represented in the collection include ​​Amy Arbus, Melonie Bennett, Bruce Brown, John Paul Caponigro, Walter Chappell, Dominic Chavez, Lucien Clergue, Donna DeCesare, Madeline de Sinety, Arthur Fink, Ernst Haas, Brenton Hamilton, Séan Alonzo Harris, Judy Glickman Lauder, Stella Johnson, Elvira Piedra, Elizabeth Opalenik, Barbel Scianghetti, Jean Pierre Sudre, Todd Webb, and David Wolfe. All photographs Bates College Museum of Art, Barbara Morris Goodbody Photography Collection.

An illustrated catalogue with an essay by Susan Danly, entries on each photographer drafted by museum interns, and images of photographs in the collection, is forthcoming.

Exhibition Artist Bios
Amy Arbus, D Train, 1983, gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches, 2021.1.1
Melonie Bennett, Monique Instigating at Water Flight, 1992, gelatin silver print, 12 x 18 1/2 inches, 2021.1.2
Walter Chappell, Meta Flora Series, 1974, electrophotograph,
10 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches, 2021.1.10
Lucien Clergue, Violinist, 1954, gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, 2021.1.121
Donna DeCesare, Esperanza’s World, 1994, gelatin silver print,
12 x 17 3/4 inches, 2021.1.25
Arthur Fink, Becky, 2011, inkjet print, 15 1/2 x 12 inches, 2021.1.36
Ernst Haas, Homecoming Prisoner, 1994, gelatin silver print,
14 x 11 inches, 2021.1.42
Brenton Hamilton, The Conjurer, 1998, cyanotype,
21 1/4 x 18 inches, 2021.1.46
Judy Glickman Lauder, Havana, Cuba, 2003, gelatin silver print, 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 2021.1.58
Madeleine de Sinety, Serge Vitry et son Chaiffear, 1971, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 inches, 2021.1.96
Jean Pierre Sudre, Temps Materiogrphiques, 1985, gelatin silver print, 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, 2021.1.101
Todd Webb, 3rd Avenue El, New York, 1946, gelatin silver print, 13 x 18 1/2 inches, 2021.1.106