June 14-August 10, 2025
Selected Photographs from the David Owsley Museum, Ball State University
Guest curator: Ronn Brown
Born in Portland, Indiana, Ronn Brown followed a career path as a photographer for the television
and film industry to Hollywood, California. This exhibition displays images from the history of
photography that focus on capturing the subject’s personality through gesture, facial expression, and
setting. Featured photographers include Margaret Bourke-White, Imogen Cunningham, Lotte Jacobi,
Philippe Halsman, and John Coplans. Brown’s selections not only indicate the impact that these
photographers had on his work, but also provide a new generation of student photographers,
videographers, and artists—as well as the general public—with a catalyst for creativity.