Philip Perkis is one of the country’s most widely respected photographers, yet his work is little known outside of professional circles. In this exhibition of work from throughout his fifty-year career, Perkis’s inimitable vision is brought to light. With a gift for capturing moments of heartbreaking honesty and unparalleled beauty, Perkis presents a world on the brink of transcendence. Taken in the most familiar circumstances—snapped from the driver’s seat or taken at home—these images are so much more than the sum of their parts. As seen by Perkis, the electric fury of barking dogs in the streets of Mexico, the white stillness of Israel, and the silence of a sleeping mother reveal deep complexities of gray, of raw emotion and metaphor.

Philip Perkis is Professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He is author of Teaching Photography, Notes Assembled. Nine examples of Perkis’s work are contained in the collection of the Telfair Museum of Art. His work is featured in numerous other collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He resides in New York City.

 This exhibition has been generously funded by Mrs. Robert O. Levitt.