Peter C. Bunnell
author
Peter C. Bunnell (1937–2021) was a prominent American photographic scholar, curator, and educator. He served as the inaugural David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art at Princeton University from 1972 until his retirement in 2002. During his tenure, he also served as Director of the Princeton University Art Museum (1973–1978) and Acting Director (1998–2000). Bunnell was a student of both Clarence H. White Jr. and Minor White, whose archive he eventually secured for Princeton. He held significant curatorial roles at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he organized groundbreaking exhibitions such as 'Photography as Printmaking' (1968) and 'Photography into Sculpture' (1970). His scholarship focused on American photography, particularly the work of Minor White and Jerry N. Uelsmann.[1,2]
- History of Photography
- American Photography
- Curatorship
Books
Works by Peter C. Bunnell
- 1989 Minor White: The Eye That Shapes Accompanying a retrospective exhibition of White's photographs.
- 1993 Degrees of Guidance: Essays on Twentieth-Century American Photography Anthology of essays.
- 2006 Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-Century Photography Anthology of essays.
- 1980 A Photographic Vision: Pictorial Photography, 1889–1923 Edited anthology.
- 1983 Edward Weston on Photography Edited anthology.
- 2012 Aperture Magazine Anthology: The Minor White Years, 1952–1976 Edited anthology.
Exhibitions
- 1989 Minor White: The Eye That Shapes
Awards
- 1989 George Wittenborn Memorial Award of the Art Libraries Society of North America
- 1979 Fellowship
- 1984 Fellowship