The Whirl: Opening Reception for “The Americans: Silver Gelatin Photographs by Marsha Burns”


Gallery C celebrated the opening of “The Americans: Silver Gelatin Photographs by Marsha Burns” on Aug. 7. Guests gathered to view Burns’ black-and-white portraits drawn from decades of work capturing everyday Americans in places like the Ellensburg Rodeo, Seattle and Vashon Island. Burns’ photographs are held in major collections including the Met, MoMA and the Smithsonian.

Michael Traquair, Abbey Gizzi, Kate Marshburn

Matt Mengel, Terhi Mengel, Charlene Newsom, Rob Huckabee

Elena Ceberio, Brian Crisp, Tony Quartararo

This article originally appeared in the October 2026 issue of WALTER Magazine.