Photography of Doris Ulmann Comes to the Naperville Fine Art Center & Gallery!

Master photographer Doris Ulmann captured a piece of history in the powerful images of a vanishing culture. Through her sensitive lens, an authentic portrayal of 1920s plantation life in the Gullah region of South Carolina is preserved. Presented in a display of 80 framed photogravure portraits developed from original negatives, the exhibition comprises stills from Roll Jordan Roll, Ulmann’s photographic collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Peterkin. Published in 1933 by R.O. Ballou, the fine art edition contains what is widely regarded as Ulmann’s finest work.

“A face that has the marks of having lived intensely, that expresses some phase of life, some dominant quality or intellectual power…my wish is that these human records serve some social purpose.”

—Doris Ulmann