Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940, a new exhibition of more than 50 archival photographs from Iran, complemented by a representative sampling of ancient artifacts, including painted pottery, alabaster and copper/bronze figurines from the archaeological excavations at the Bronze Age site Tepe Hissar, opens at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology October 2 through December 9, 2007.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is proud to announce a special collaboration between the Museum's Archives Center and the Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center in Highland Beach, Md., for a display of its Scurlock Studio photographs. The photographs will be featured in the exhibition "Scurlock-Beach Connections," which will open Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2008. The display highlights digital prints made from original negatives in the Scurlock Studio Records.

Spencer Museum exhibition of photographs, selected from the Spencer's permanent collection, seeks to explore how the Constructivist movement—armed with the mission of reinventing Russian society—successfully created images that were strongly rooted in design while reflecting the distinctive characteristics of Soviet life.

The exhibition highlights some 75 photographs by architectural photographer Richard Pare, who worked from 1993 to the present, making eight extensive trips to the region and creating nearly 10,000 images to compile a timely documentation of these neglected modernist structures.

The KU Department of Design announces the creation of a new undergraduate photography and digital media major, photomedia. With the launch of this new program, KU becomes the only school in Kansas to offer a comprehensive and professional-based photography and media program.

Spencer Museum exhibition employs photographs from the Spencer's collection to explore 100 years of the 20th-century New York experience. Many an important photographer has turned his or her camera toward the Big Apple and together they present a portrait of a vital, diverse, and entrancing city.

The Museum of Modern Art presents New Photography 2007: Tanyth Berkeley, Scott McFarland, Berni Searle, the latest installment of its annual fall showcase of significant recent work in contemporary photography.

San Francisco Museum will present Chim: Photography of David Seymour (1911–1956), on view from September 29, 2007 to February 24, 2008.

A one-woman exhibition of over 170 color and black-and-white photographic images of nature and wildlife taken by Bloomfield Hills, Mich., photographer Judy Yaker will debut at the Detroit Zoo's Ford Education Center Exhibit Gallery September 21, 2007.

In 1931, Penn Museum launched its first archaeological expedition to Iran, to excavate the Bronze Age site of Tepe Hissar.

From September 8 to 17, 2007, the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents DARFUR/DARFUR, a provocative photography exhibit projected on the exterior of the Museum’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

At the age of 96, living legend Julius Shulman is one of the few individuals to have witnessed and documented the growth of Los Angeles during the past century. More than mere works of art or images for commercial promotion, Shulman’s captivating photographs now serve as critical visual records of this metropolis’ dramatic evolution.