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ARTS&LIFE
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
J
udy Glickman Lauder has devot-
ed considerable time throughout
her life to photographic interests
introduced by her father — from taking
pictures to collecting them — and is
glad to be sharing impressive images
with the public.
Michigan audiences now can see a
range of some 145 examples, by 70 cam-
era artists, representing her almost 700
photos. They join together in the exhibit
Presence: The Photography Collection
of Judy Glickman Lauder, displayed
through April 29 at the Grand Rapids
Art Museum (GRAM).
The exhibit, which includes a few
photos she has taken, gets its title from
what unites the variety of works — the
presence of the photographers, subjects
and viewers. Lauder explained this as
she introduced the scenes being shown
and the artists who perpetuated them.
Lauder visited Grand Rapids in early
February to highlight the programming
and was reminded of her long ago visit
to Michigan in attendance at her broth-
er’s marriage to Lois Adler.
“These images all have a presence,
”
said Lauder, the wife of Leonard A.
Lauder, emeritus chairman of the Estée
Lauder Companies and also an art
enthusiast and collector. “They’re all
about humanity. They’re all about an
inner presence, a special moment in his-
tory. They’re things that people can real-
ly relate to and children can learn from.
“
A lot of history is in the collection,
and I love the Grand Rapids museum
and meeting Dana Friis-Hansen, the
director. I’m terribly excited about com-
ing and meeting people and speaking
and getting a chance to know a lot more
people in Grand Rapids.
”
Lauder, active in the Reform Jewish
community and the mother of three rab-
bis, has included a group of Holocaust
remembrance images as an important
part of the displayed photos that also
feature personal, political and commu-
nity subjects. One dramatic piece is a
reflection of a woman viewing an oven
at Auschwitz.
Even though Lauder grew up in
California, all of her family is from
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, so
Bohušovice
Train Station at
Theresienstadt
Concentration
Camp,
Czechoslovakia,
1991, gelatin sil-
ver print,. Judy
Glickman Lauder,
photographer
JUDY GLICKMAN LAUDER
Judy Glickman Lauder displays
her photography collection at
Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Life in Black and White
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