Shared Vision presents photographs from one of the world’s best private collections of photography. Curated from the collection of Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla by Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville curator, Ben Thompson, and University of North Florida assistant professor of photography, Paul Karabinis, Shared Vision features a selection of iconic images that reflect the rich and diverse nature of the past one hundred years of photography. Street scenes, the human form and environment, unique viewpoints, children, and spectacular landscapes represent just a portion of the amazing holdings amassed by two individuals that ARTnews ranks among the world’s top ten photography collectors. The book and accompanying exhibition feature prominent photographers including Ansel Adams, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Loretta Lux, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Doug and Mike Starn, and Alfred Stieglitz,.

Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla’s collaboration hinges on a few underlying principles—mainly, to acquire works of major importance by leading photographers of their generation and to focus on vintage prints. Although each of the collectors brings a different point of view to the photography—Gonzalez-Falla analyzes color and form, while Gilman responds to images on a more visceral level—these distinct approaches merge into a single, shared vision and emanate from the same goal: to collect photographs that move and inspire them.