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British Photographs Presented At Metropolitan Museum

Opening September 25 at the Metropolitan Museum, Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840–1860 is the first major exhibition to survey British calotypes — works of exceptional beauty and rarity which are made from paper negatives and are among the earliest forays into the medium of photography.

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Houston Museum Presents ‘Houston Wilderness’

Art and ecology meet in a photography exhibition opening this fall at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston Wilderness: A Collaboration presents more than 50 photographs that offer unique interpretations of the diverse eco-regions that encompass and surround Houston.

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Metropolitan Museum Presents Modern Photography

The Metropolitan Museum will inaugurate the Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography on September 25, 2007, establishing for the first time a gallery dedicated exclusively to photography created since 1960.

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Mariners’ Museum Opens Exhibition Stationary Voyages

The new special exhibition Stationary Voyages: The Boat in Photograph, open through January 20, 2008, presents the Museum’s renowned International Small Craft Collection in an entirely new and contemporary style. Pairing 18 vessels with 20 photographers, a story between artifact and art has been created, creating an exhibition unlike any mounted at The Mariners’ Museum before.

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Art Of Lee Miller At Victoria And Albert Museum

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of the remarkable photographer Lee Miller on 23 April 1907 and 30 years after her death, the V&A announced that it will stage an extensive tribute to her this autumn. The Art of Lee Miller will celebrate the life and career of one of the most original and creative photographic artists of the 20th century.

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German Photography Presented At Boston Museum

This exhibition at Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston features approximately 20 works created by German photographers during the 20th century.

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Cleveland Museum Acquires Collection Of Surrealist Photography

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced the acquisition of 171 photographs consisting of 136 individual prints, a book and a portfolio, many of which represent the height of Surrealism photographic movement of the first half of the 20th century.

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Peabody Essex Museum Presents ‘Beyond The keepsake’

Opening at Peabody Essex Museum, Accidental Mysteries explores the power of the everyday snapshot in modern culture, presenting 69 vintage images of surprising beauty and creativity. This engaging and popular traveling exhibition is based on the John and Teenuh Foster Collection of vernacular photography.

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Summer Fun At Denver Art Museum

The exhibition, drawn from the archives of noted baseball collector Marshall Fogel, showcases 17 vintage photographs as well as several important pieces of memorabilia, including bats used by both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The exhibition will be on view through September 30.

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Philadelphia Museum Exhibition Devoted To Alfred Stieglitz

To celebrate its expansion to the spectacular Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, the Museum will revisit the founders of its photography collection with an exhibition devoted to the renowned figure Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946).

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Using Web images to add realism to edited photos

Computer graphics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed systems for editing or altering photographs using segments of the millions of images available on the Web.

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One Million Dollars Offered for Paris Hilon Photo in Jail Orange Suit

ParisExposed.com is offering up to $1 million for photos of Paris Hilton in her prison orange jump suit.

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