Rebecca Senf Explained

Rebecca Senf
Nationality:American
Education:University of Arizona (BA)
Boston University (MA, PhD)
Children:2

Rebecca A. “Becky” Senf (born 1972) is an American writer, and curator working in the field of photography.[1] She is the Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP).[2] She joined the CCP as Norton Family Assistant Curator in 2007, which was a joint appointment with Phoenix Art Museum, and was promoted to Chief Curator in 2016.

Biography

Senf grew up in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of an amateur photographer who inspired her early awareness of the medium and the powerful influence of light.[3] She received a B.A. in art history from the University of Arizona in 1994, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Boston University, in 2001 and 2008 respectively.[4] Her doctoral dissertation was on Ansel Adams. [5] [6]

Senf worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 2000 to 2005, where she co-curated a major exhibition of Ansel Adams’ work, with Karen Haas, and co-authored the exhibition catalogue, Ansel Adams from the Lane Collection. In the catalogue, a section created by Senf that reproduces Adams' stamps and labels has become the standard used by major auction houses, such as Christie's and Sotheby's, to indicate which of Adams' stamps/labels appears on a particular work of art, referring to the stamp or label with a Boston Museum of Fine Arts, BMFA number.[7] [8]

During her time at the Center for Creative Photography and Phoenix Art Museum, Senf has curated both contemporary and historical photographic exhibitions, including working with Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, Linda Connor, and Betsy Schneider, and produced exhibitions on Group f/64, platinum photography, and photographic books. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

She currently lives in Tucson and has two children.[14]

Exhibitions curated by Senf

2005: Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Co-curated with Karen Haas.

2007: Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64, Phoenix Art Museum, Center for Creative Photography, and Portland Museum of Art [shown in Tucson in 2008 and in ME in 2010].[15] [16]

2008: Richard Avedon: Photographer of Influence, Phoenix Art Museum and Nassau County Museum of Art [shown in NY IN 2011][17]

2008: Odyssey: Photographs of Linda Connor, Center for Creative Photography, Palm Springs Art Museum, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL [shown in Tucson in 2009, in Palm Springs in 2009/2010, in Rhode Island in 2010 and in Daytona, FL in 2010/2011] [18]

2009: Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture, Phoenix Art Museum[19]

2010: Ansel Adams: Discoveries, Phoenix Art Museum[20]

2011: The Bridge at Hoover Dam: Photographs by Jamey Stillings, Phoenix Art Museum[21]

2014: INFOCUS Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum [22]

2014: All that Glitters is Not Gold: Platinum Photography from the Center for Creative Photography, Phoenix Art Museum[23]

2015: Not MY Family Values, Art Photo Index online[24]

2018: To Be Thirteen: Photographs and Videos by Betsy Schneider, Phoenix Art Museum [25]

2018: Richard Avedon: Relationships, Center for Creative Photography [26] [27]

Publications

In conjunction with exhibitions curated by Senf:

Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2005[28]

Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012[29]

David Taylor: Monuments, Santa Fe: Radius Books/Nevada Museum of Art, 2015[30]

Betsy Schneider: To Be Thirteen, Santa Fe: Radius Books/Phoenix Art Museum, 2017[31]

Books by Senf

Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams, New Haven: Yale University Press/Center for Creative Photography, 2020[32]

Writing contributions by Senf

Before and After Photography: Histories and Contexts, New York: Bloomsbury, 2017[33]

Awards

2012: "Best Curator" by the Arizona Republic[34]

2014: "Rising Star Focus Award" by Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA [35]

Notes and References

  1. Jean Dykstra, "The Curators", photograph magazine, September/October 2016
  2. https://ccp.arizona.edu/contact-us/rebecca-becky-senf "Contact Us: Rebecca (Becky) Senf"
  3. Aline Smithson, "The Rebecca Senf Mixtape", Lenscratch, November 15, 2013
  4. https://ccp.arizona.edu/contact-us/rebecca-becky-senf "Rebecca (Becky) Senf"
  5. http://www.caareviews.org/dissertations/151/completed "Drawings/Prints/Works on Paper: Dissertations Completed by Subject, 2008"
  6. Rebecca A. Senf, "Ansel Adams's "practical Modernism": The Development of a Commercial Photographer, 1916-1936" listed on Google books
  7. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/photographs/ansel-adams-grass-and-pool-tuolumne-meadow-6244522-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intobjectid=6244522&sid=bf389884-0a7e-4b47-bf0b-e6090f7a9f8f Example of Auction Lot: Ansel Adams, Grass and Pool, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1935 with BMFA Stamp 4
  8. https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/photographs-n08533/lot.27.html?locale=en Example of Auction Lot: Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico with BFMA 111
  9. Christina O'Haver, "Charting the Canyon", Downtown Phoenix Journal, May 29, 2009
  10. Alain R. Truong, "Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor", alaintruong.com, December 7, 2008
  11. https://ccp.arizona.edu/press/releases/exhibition-chronicles-turning-point-american-photography "Exhibition Chronicles Turning Point in American Photography"
  12. Celina Jimenez, "'Platinum' Brings Tasteful Photography Showcase to Phoenix Art Museum", The State Press, February 15, 2015
  13. Mark Brodie, "Self-published Photo Books On Display In Exhibit At Phoenix Art Museum", kjzz.org, September 5, 2014
  14. https://www.artphotoindex.com/api/exhibitions2/?view=10003&showtitle=1#2 "About Rebecca Senf"
  15. La Monica Everett-Haynes, "The Modern Photography Debate Explored", uanews.arizona.edu, February 12, 2008
  16. Editor, "Photographs by Group f/64 on View this Fall at the Portland Museum of Art", museumpublicity.com, April 5, 2010
  17. Martha Schwendener, "Avedon, Breaking Through the Artifice of Celebrity", The New York Times, June 25, 2011
  18. https://artdaily.cc/news/27660/Odyssey---The-Photographs-of-Linda-Connor-Now-Open-at-Phoenix-Art-Museum#.XdnZvpNKjVo "Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor Now Open at Phoenix Art Museum"
  19. https://artdaily.cc/news/32979/Get-Upclose-and-Personal-with-Portraits-at-Phoenix-Art-Museum-Photography-Exhibition-#.Xdna15NKjVo "Get Upclose and Personal with Portraits at Phoenix Art Museum Photography Exhibition"
  20. https://artdaily.cc/news/35849/Phoenix-Art-Museum-is-the-Exclusive-Venue-for-Ansel-Adams--Discoveries#.Xdni7JNKjVo "Phoenix Art Museum is the Exclusive Venue for Ansel Adams: Discoveries"
  21. https://artdaily.cc/news/49823/Photo-Essay-by-Photographer-Jamey-Stillings-Captures-the-Construction-of-a-New-Industrial-Wonder#.XdnjGpNKjVo "Photo Essay by Photographer Jamey Stillings Captures the Construction of a New Industrial Wonder"
  22. https://artdaily.cc/news/72335/Juried-exhibition-of-self-published-photobooks-opening-at-Phoenix-Art-Museum#.XdnjXZNKjVo "Juried exhibition of self-published photobooks opening at Phoenix Art Museum"
  23. http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/allthatglitters "All That Glitters is Not Gold"
  24. https://www.artphotoindex.com/api/exhibitions2/?view=10003&showtitle=1#2 "Not MY Family Values – An Art Photo Index exhibition by Rebecca Senf"
  25. https://artdaily.cc/news/104382/Phoenix-Art-Museum-presents-works-chronicling-the-experience-of-being-a-teen-in-the-United-States-#.XdnjoZNKjVo "Phoenix Art Museum presents works chronicling the experience of being a teen in the United States"
  26. Ann Brown, "Avedon exhibit at Tucson's Center for Creative Photography puts relationships into focus" Arizona Daily Star, December 12, 2018
  27. Margaret Regan, "Up Close and Personal: Avedon’s spectacular portraits at CCP capture boldface names of late 20th century", Tucson Weekly, January 24, 2019
  28. https://www.amazon.com/Ansel-Adams-Collection-Karen-Haas/dp/0878466932 "Ansel Adams in the Lane Collection"
  29. https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-View-Grand-Canyon-Photographs/dp/0520273907 "Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe"
  30. Book: Taylor, David, 1965-. Monuments : 276 views of the United States-Mexico border. Carter, Claire C.,, Arreola, Daniel D. (Daniel David), 1950-, Fox, William L., 1949-, Senf, Rebecca., Taylor, David, 1965-, Taylor, David, 1965-. 2015 . 978-1-934435-90-8. Santa Fe, NM. 898530818.
  31. https://www.amazon.com/Betsy-Schneider-Thirteen-Rebecca-Senf/dp/194218526X "Betsy Schneider: To Be Thirteen"
  32. https://www.amazon.com/Making-Photographer-Early-Ansel-Adams/dp/0300243944/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=senf&qid=1574559804&s=books&sr=1-1 "Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams"
  33. https://www.amazon.com/Before-After-Photography-Histories-Contexts/dp/1474253113 "Before and After Photography: Histories and Contexts"
  34. Richard Nilsen, "Best Curator: Rebecca Senf", azcentral.com, March 20, 2012
  35. https://griffinmuseum.org/focus-award/dr-rebecca-senfrising-star/ "Rising Star – 2014"

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