This Friday marks the opening day for the State Fair of Texas. As you countdown the days and plan your visit, get your fair-fix by stopping at the Center for Creative Connections (C3) to view these recently installed photographs by Texas based photographer, filmmaker, and journalist Geoff Winningham.
Geoff Winningham , Champion Pig Feeding, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, negative 1972, print 1976, gelatin silver print,Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Prestonwood National Bank 1981.36.15
Geoff Winningham, Grooming for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, negative 1971, print 1976, gelatin silver print, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Prestonwood National Bank 1981.36.14
Geoff Winningham, Lamé Pants, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, negative 1972, print 1976, gelatin silver print, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Prestonwood National Bank 1981.36.13
These are part of Winningham’s photographic series, “A Texas Dozen.” In total, twelve of the fifteen photographs from this series are currently on view at the DMA.
Jessica Fuentes is the Manager of Gallery Interpretation and the Center for Creative Connections at the DMA
