Irving Hoffman

Jon Gilbert Fox took his first photograph at eight years old, using his mother’s old Kodak camera; his interest in the power of photography has continued ever since. As a student at William and Mary (‘72), Fox photographed poverty in Williamsburg. Following college, he was the principal photographer of theater and dance events around Washington D.C. More recently, Fox has worked in New England, photographing for regional publications like Vermont Life Magazine. This photograph depicts Irwin D. Hoffman (1901-1989) creating a self-portrait. The self-portrait, the mirror, and the out-of-focus artistic materials in the foreground frame Hoffman. Between Hoffman’s self-portrait, the panels in the mirror he is using, and the artist himself, the photograph provides four different angles of Hoffman. These various angles remind the viewer of the critical self-reflection process involved in art making.

Tori Erisman ‘22

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