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excerpts from "The Wright Picture" exhibit.
"The Wright Picture" is a unique exhibition
of photographs taken during the last 20 years of Frank Lloyd
Wright's life by acclaimed architectural photographer Pedro
E. Guerrero.
 Exquisitely
composed, with an eye to detail, texture, shadow and light,
they document in a personal way Frank Lloyd Wright's creative
and social life from 1940 until his death in 1959. The exhibit
features 62 of Guerrero's classic black-and-white images including
Wright portraits; Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin; Taliesin
in Scottsdale, Arizona; and private homes and public buildings.
Wright hired Guerrero in 1939 to interpret both
his life and his work. For the next two decades, Guerrero
became the chief visual intermediary between Wright and the
architect's eager audience. This sample of eight photographs
demonstrates Guerrero's innate sensitivity to form—a
skill that pleased Wright.
Guerrero's work has appeared in numerous documentaries
on Wright including Ken Burns' film on the architect produced
for PBS in 1999. His work has also been shown as part of Wright
exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of
American Art, and the Guggenheim Museum, among others. His
book, Picturing Wright: An Album from Frank Lloyd Wright's
Photographer, was published in 1994.
The entire exhibit can be viewed daily during
building hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Selected images from the exhibit are available
in the Gift Shop.
"The Wright Picture" exhibition was organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and has been generously supported by the Overture Foundation and the Madison Community Foundation. All photos included in this section are copyrighted by Pedro E. Guerrero. Any copying or reuse of these images in any way is strictly prohibited. To inquire about obtaining permission to use any of these images, please contact Dixie Legler at dixie36@yahoo.com.
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