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“THE DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY OF MARY MOTLEY KALERGIS:
A FIFTY-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE”

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 FROM 5:00-7:00 PM

CELEBRATE FIVE DECADES OF REMARKABLE STORYTELLING BY AWARD-WINNING CHARLOTTESVILLE AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AND INTERVIEWER

Featuring Conversation with Kalergis Moderated By Acclaimed Journalist Maryanne Vollers and Screening of Short Film “Seeking the Light: A Life in Photography”

Phaeton Gallery will celebrate the opening of  “The Documentary Photography of Mary Motley Kalergis: A Fifty-Year Retrospective,” a new exhibit honoring the celebrated Charlottesville author, photographer, and interviewer on Friday, October 16 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

The gallery is located at 114 Old Preston Avenue, just off the Downtown Mall.

The event will include a conversation with the artist hosted by renowned journalist Maryanne Vollers, the author of Ghosts of Mississippi and a collaborator on celebrated memoirs with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sissy Spacek, and Billie Jean King. It will also feature a special screening of the new short film about Kalergis’ storied career,  Seeking the Light: A Life in Photography.

Mary Motley Kalergis is an author, photographer, and interviewer whose work bears witness to the bonds that connect individuals, families, and communities. Her books include Giving Birth (Harper & Row); Mother: A Collective Portrait (E.P. Dutton); With This Ring: A Portrait of Marriage (The Chrysler Museum of Art); Home of the Brave (E.P. Dutton) and Charlottesville Portrait (Howell Press.)The exhibit, which runs through November 1 at the gallery, is organized into twelve portfolios, each representing a discrete body of her work. Taken together, the collection reflects the evolution of a photographic career devoted to people and the circumstances of their lives: including family, birth, race, adolescence, work, community, loss, and belonging.

“The Documentary Photography of Mary Motley Kalergis – A Fifty-Year Retrospective” exhibit will feature 70 remarkable photos chosen from among the thousands she has created over the past five decades, many of which are available in her latest book, The Documentary Photography of Mary Motley Kalergis: A Fifty-Year Retrospective (Atelerix Press). The book will be available for sale at the exhibit.

Mary Motley Kalergis’ work has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; The Burden Gallery and the International Center of Photography in New York City; The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia; The Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida; The San Antonio Museum of Art; The Field Museum of Chicago; the Museum Fur Photographie in Stuttgart, Germany and the Diaframma Kodak Galleria in Milan, Italy.

The opening will also include a screening of a new short-documentary film, Seeking the Light: A Life in Photography. The film, produced, written and directed by Mary’s husband and life partner of more than 50 years, David Kalergis, is about Mary’s extraordinary journey behind the camera that offers an intimate look at her work, creative process, the people and stories she has witnessed and preserved, and the many relationships that shape our lives and communities. Abigail Salmon, the editor and co-director of the film, will be attending the opening. The film features the final original score composed by the late renowned film composer Nick Glennie Smith (The Rock, The Man in the Iron Mask).

For more information on the exhibit and on Phaeton Gallery, visit here.

For more information on Mary Motley Kalergis, visit here.

For more information on the new film Seeking the Light: A Life in Photography, visit here.

Free and open to the public. Please join. us!