Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City · US

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

Oct 3, 2026 – Apr 11, 2027

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American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today presents 80 works that explore our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Color photographs from Joel Sternfeld’s influential series American Prospects, a classic record of 1980s America, serve as the focal point for this exhibition, which considers the rich and varied history of landscape photography from the medium’s invention to the present.