June 14-August 10, 2025
Selected Photographs from the David Owsley Museum, Ball State University
The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University will display People and Places 1873-2000: A Selection of Photographs from DOMA’s Collection from Feb. 20 through May 23, 2025.
The exhibition showcases 40 photographs selected by guest curator Ronn Brown, a renowned television and film industry photographer. Born in Portland, Ind. and now residing in Muncie, Brown pursued a photography career that led him to Hollywood.
Mr. Brown’s selections for this special exhibition include works by notable photographers Margaret Bourke-White, Imogen Cunningham, Lotte Jacobi, Philippe Halsman, and John Coplans. The show provides a historical examination of the medium of photography and demonstrates its ability to capture a subject’s personality through gesture, facial expression, and setting.
Guest curator: Ronn Brown
Born in Portland, Indiana, Ronn Brown followed a career path as a photographer for the television and film industry to Hollywood, California. This exhibition displays images from the history of photography that focus on capturing the subject’s personality through gesture, facial expression, and setting. Featured photographers include Margaret Bourke-White, Imogen Cunningham, Lotte Jacobi, Philippe Halsman, and John Coplans. Brown’s selections not only indicate the impact that these photographers had on his work, but also provide a new generation of student photographers, videographers, and artists—as well as the general public—with a catalyst for creativity.
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (1874-1940), Noon Hour, Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the Boys Were Gone Home to Dinner, 1908, gelatin silver print,Purchase: Friends of the Museum, 1996.011.000, image in the public domain