Woman with her children
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965). Migrant Mother (Florence Owens Thompson), Nipomo, California, 1936.
Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 7.1998.38.
Black lady in front of an American flag with a broom and a mop.
Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006). American Gothic (Portrait of Ella Watson), Washington, DC, 1942.
Gelatin silver print, 13 x 9 1/8 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 3.2016.8. © The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe portrait in a kitchen
Norman Seeff (American, b. South Africa, 1939). Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York, 1969.
Archival pigment print, 15 x 22 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 1.2016.1. Courtesy of the artist.
1948 photo of New York's Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Street
Todd Webb (American, 1905–2000). Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York (detail), 1948.
Gelatin silver print, 15 1/4 x 15 5/8 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 7.2015a-h. © Todd Webb Archive.
Woman at a pool club posing with two men playing pool in the background
Melonie Bennett (American, b. 1969). Suzie, Bahama Beach Club, Portland, Maine, 1969.
Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 25.2001.1. Courtesy of the artist.
Woman walking through the desert mountaintop
Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942). Mujer Ángel (Angel Woman), Sonora Desert, 1980.
Gelatin silver print, 16 x 22 3/8 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 4.2008.3. Courtesy of the artist.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder

October 18, 2026–April 4, 2027

Photographs are, as writer Roland Barthes affirms, “certificates of presence,” verification that a moment, a person, or a place existed. From the adoration of a loved one or the wonder felt before nature, to the hardship of labor and the devastation of war, photographs are imprinted by human experience.

Featuring approximately 100 photographs by over 50 artists, this exhibition explores the concept of presence through tender portraits, awe-inspiring landscapes, candid photojournalism, and spontaneous cityscapes. Drawn entirely from the collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder, Presence creates a dialogue among an array of photographs by some of the most beloved and influential practitioners of the 20th century, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, and James Van Der Zee.

Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and curated by Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography, Portland Museum of Art, Maine.

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This traveling exhibition will be on display at Southampton Arts Center in Southampton, New York from July 25–September 27, 2026. After its Sarasota presentation, the show will continue to Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina where it will be on view from May 28–August 29, 2027 before traveling to Lowe Art Museum in Miami from September 30, 2027–February 26, 2028.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, with generous support from:


Platinum Sponsors
Judy and Fred Fiala
Brett Harwood

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