{"id":75967,"date":"2025-10-06T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=75967"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:25:22","slug":"muench-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/muench-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"David Muench exhibit opens at NAU\u2019s Cline Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibit highlighting the work of renowned American landscape photographer David Muench opened this week at the Cline Library\u2019s Special Collections and Archives.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, NAU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundationnau.org\/s\/1898\/21\/interior.aspx?sid=1898&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=1914&amp;cid=4115&amp;ecid=4115&amp;crid=0&amp;calpgid=1035&amp;calcid=2650\">announced<\/a> that Muench had donated his photographic legacy to Cline Library Special Collections and Archives (SCA). Regionally known for his numerous contributions to <em>Arizona Highways <\/em>magazine, as well as his collaborations with the National Park Service, Muench\u2019s commercial success took him and his camera around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The SCA\u2019s new exhibit, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/davidmuench\/\"><em>David Muench: The Allure of Light,<\/em><\/a> provides a glimpse into the photographer\u2019s decades-long career. The exhibit\u2019s title references Muench\u2019s signature approach to landscape photography, which he summarized in <em>Arizona Highways\u2019 <\/em>December 2015 issue as \u201cthe idea of light defining the image.\u201d NAU student <strong>Niko Bare, <\/strong>SCA\u2019s 2025 Elizabeth M. and P. T. Reilly intern, applied his keen sense of aesthetics to selecting photographs for inclusion in the exhibit. A landscape painter himself, Bare is pursuing a degree in studio art with minors in museum studies and art history. Bare worked alongside SCA staff to design the layout of the physical exhibit, which includes three original framed photographs created by Muench.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will be on display in Cline Library\u2019s SCA gallery until August 2027.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Muench and the landscapes he documented, visit theD<em>avid Muench: The Allure of Light<\/em> exhibit in person or online at the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/special-collections\/exhibits\/\">SCA exhibits website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plan your visit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In person: <\/em><\/strong>The physical exhibit is on display through August 2027.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the physical exhibit any time Special Collections and Archives is open. <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.libcal.com\/hours\/\">View Special Collections and Archives hours<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A selection of David Muench\u2019s <em>Arizona Highways<\/em> magazine covers is on display on the first floor of Cline Library in Matador at Scholar\u2019s Corner Caf\u00e9. <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/dining\/scholars-corner\/\">View Matador at Scholar\u2019s Corner hours<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/library\/location-directions\/\">View Cline Library location and parking information<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Online: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/davidmuench\/\">exhibit website for <em>David Muench: The Allure of Light<\/em><\/a> can be viewed at any time and will continue to be accessible after the close of the physical exhibit.<\/li>\n<li>To learn more about Niko Bare and other student\u2019s experiences working with the David Muench collection, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/blog\/2023\/12\/processing-the-david-muench-photography-records\/\">SCA Blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Image: Ancient Bristlecone Pines, Schulman Grove, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, CA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/muench-exhibit\/\">A new exhibit highlighting the work of renowned American landscape photographer David Muench opened this week at the Cline Library\u2019s Special Collections and Archives. In 2022, NAU announced that Muench had donated his photographic legacy to Cline Library Special Collections and Archives (SCA). Regionally known for his numerous contributions to Arizona Highways magazine, as well&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":75968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}