Fortune of the Spirit: Robert Bergman

Robert Bergman’s photographs present his subjects with an extraordinary intimacy achieved by removing elements of distance. This intimate composition, combined with foregoing identification through titles, invites viewers to participate directly in the exchange with the subject. 

Fortune of the Spirit | Robert Bergman presents a broad selection of works from throughout Bergman's 60-year career and showcases his color street portraits, many of which will be on view for the first time, alongside his rarely seen early street photographs and career-spanning abstractions.​

The 65 works in Fortune of the Spirit include the artist’s early black-and-white street photographs and his intimate color portraits captured between 1985 and 1997 during Bergman’s travels east of the Mississippi River. The exhibition also marks the first time the Carter is presenting work from the Museum’s 2020 acquisition of 51 of Bergman’s artworks.

Credit: Overview from museum website