Monday, December 21st 2020, 4:26 pm
By: News 9
NORMAN, Oklahoma -
The work of photographer Corson Hirschfeld will be on display at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman starting January 6. The exhibit will be his best-known work called, Places of Power: Painted Photographs of Sacred Landscapes.
He came to Norman in 2006 to be with his wife, Tassie Hirschfeld, who is a professor at OU. Corson Hirschfeld was a herpetologist studying reptiles and amphibians. He was also a studio photographer in Cincinnati.
Hirschfeld died in April.
According to a press release from the museum, Hirschfeld s Places of Power work will feature breathtaking, hand-painted photographs of ancient, sacred spaces including cultural and archaeological sites, cultural landscapes and petroglyphs from over 20 different countries.
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Dec 19, 2020
Beginning in January, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History will feature the exhibit âPlaces of Power: Painted Photographs of Sacred Landscapes by Corson Hirschfeld.â
Opening Jan. 6 in the second-floor Higginbotham gallery, the exhibit will feature hand-painted photographs of ancient, sacred spaces, including cultural and archaeological sites, cultural landscapes and petroglyphs from over 20 countries.
Hirschfeld came to Norman in 2006 to be with his wife, Tassie Hirschfeld, who is a professor in the Department of Anthropology in the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences.
In his earlier days, he was a herpetologist studying reptiles and amphibians. He also had a long career as a studio photographer in Cincinnati before moving to Norman. His published three suspense novels.