Exhibition
Judith Joy Ross: Return to basics

Grace with piglets, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, 2010 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Iliana and Claire, Wildlife Camp, The Aark Foundation Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, Chalfont, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Corey with bunny, Wildlife Camp, The Aark Foundation Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, Chalfont, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Reading to dogs, Bethlehem Area Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Sieren phonebanking for first Tar Sands Action, during which 1,250 people were arrested in front of the White House for protesting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline over ten days, Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C., August 11, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Reading to dogs, Bethlehem Area Public Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

First local meeting of the Pennsylvania Community Rights Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 21, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

End of rally against the construction of Coal by Wire power lines through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Portland, Pennsylvania, October 21, 2010 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Children in Neshaminy Creek, Wildlife Camp, The Aark Foundation Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, Chalfont, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery
Grace with piglets, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, 2010 © Judith Joy Ross – Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery
An heir to cultural documentarians like Diane Arbus, Lewis Hine, and August Sander, Judith Joy Ross is widely recognized for her portraits. Her latest work explores relationships with the natural world.
Taken at wildlife rehabilitation centers, farms, zoos, and libraries, Ross's photographs capture the bonds formed between humans and animals.
Judith Joy Ross (b. 1946, Hazleton, Pa.) graduated with a BS from the Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, in 1968.
Judith Joy Ross: The Devil Today and Reading to Dogs
Until January 28, 2012
Pace/Macgill Gallery
32 East 57 ST
New York NY 10022
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