Art Break: An Ancient Beauty Contest Through a New Lens

Tahnee Louise Cracchiola is Getty's digital imaging manager, leading the Villa Imaging Studios with a blend of fine art vision and technical expertise. Since joining Getty in 2006, she has documented world-class collections for international exhibitions, specializing in architectural, garden, and three-dimensional object photography. She established the Trust’s branding and best practices for photography of three-dimensional objects for conservation, promotional materials, and publication. Tahnee is an ArtCenter College of Design alumna with an MBA from California Lutheran University. Prior to Getty, she had a rich background in publications at The Walt Disney Company and the RAND Corporation.

Will joined the Department of Antiquities in 2025, where he will primarily work on the Anatolia and the Classical World exhibition. He received his doctorate in Ancient Art and Archaeology from Princeton University in 2024, and his research interests include ornament and ancient aesthetics, connoisseurship, and the reception of Classical architecture. He has also excavated extensively in Italy and Greece. Before joining the Getty, he worked as a curatorial fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and as a Curatorial Assistant at the Princeton University Art Museum, where he co-authored the museum’s first Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum fascicle.