John Coplans: Self Portraits at the Yale University Art Gallery
February 20 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
December 19, 2025 – June 14, 2026
This installation focuses on the self-portraits of British photographer John Coplans (1920–2003). Coplans’s approach to portraiture is unconventional in many ways. Often made up of multiple images, his portraits never show his face; instead, they focus on his aging body, depicted up close and printed at a large scale. The photographs are honest and unafraid, celebrating wrinkles and loose skin as a challenge to the usual ideals of youth and beauty.
