Photographs

Smithsonian Institution Shares Photographs On Flickr

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:45:37 -0500

The Smithsonian has collaborated with Flickr - a leading photo-sharing community, by adding more than 800 images to The Commons on Flickr from seven of its museums, research centers and archives.

Chevrolet! 2007 Photography Award Winners on Exclusive Witness Trip

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:21:24 -0500

On this exclusive trip, the five students from the Swiss EMAF (École de Multimédia et d’Art de Fribourg) school experienced first-hand the different steps of a professional photo shoot: From the initial brief to organizing the final sets – the young winners were given an insight into the process involved in a shoot.

Photographs Of Digitally-Altered Urban Landscapes

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:51:22 -0500

Eric Curry’s exhibition, on view through July 05, 2008,American Pride and Passion large-scale photographic prints focus on classic American automobiles, airplanes, and huge road machinery to “bring out the pride and passion in everyday objects.”

Peter Henry Emerson And American Naturalistic Photography

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:38:19 -0500

America's first movement of creative photography and its revolutionary founder, Peter Henry Emerson, are the subjects of a new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA.) Nearly one hundred naturalistic photographs by Emerson and twenty other photographers will be on view through September 7, 2008.

Open Call Photography Exhibition At Brooklyn Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:30:50 -0500

Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition is a photography installation that invites Brooklyn Museum's visitors, the online community, and the general public to participate in the exhibition process. The installation will be on view from June 27–August 10, 2008, at the Brooklyn Museum.

Smoke And Mirrors: Photographs By Vance Gellert

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:33:04 -0500

In a new Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) exhibition, Minnesota photographer Vance Gellert examines the nature of healing in his photographs of medicinal practices in South America. Gellert’s vibrant, large-scale photographs of native healers, rituals, and plants convey the beauty and mystery of the land and its people, as well as illustrate how art can contribute to scientific understanding.

New Collection Puts Museum In Picture

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:46:41 -0500

The National Railway Museum in York has acquired a massive photographic archive stretching back some 80 years. Containing over 200,000 images, the fascinating collection consists of the original pictures taken by the official photographic unit for British Rail, and its predecessor, the London & North Eastern Railway.

Master Photographers' Work Highlighted At Metropolitan Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:08:07 -0500

Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940 tells the story of photography's first 100 years through the work of 13 key figures who helped shape the aesthetic and expressive course of the medium: Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Edouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassai.

From The Village To Vogue

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:29:17 -0500

From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith will honor the gift of twenty pieces of silver and gold jewelry created by the Brooklyn-born modernist jeweler Arthur Smith (1917–1982), primarily from Charles Russell, Smith’s companion and heir. This small exhibition will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum through May 17, 2009.

MoMA Exhibits Photographs By Bernd And Hilla Becher

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:30:44 -0500

The Museum of Modern Art presents Bernd and Hilla Becher: Landscape/Typology, a focussed examination of the influential photographic work of the German husband-and-wife team. For nearly 50 years, the Bechers photographed water towers, gas tanks, cooling towers, and other large industrial structures, notably including the winding towers of coal mines and the blast furnaces that produce iron and steel.

Shanghai 1860-1949: Historical Photographs

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:46:34 -0500

The Royal Ontario Museum presents Shanghai 1860-1949: Historical Photographs, on display in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery, part of the Asian Suite of Galleries on Level 1 of the Philosophers' Walk Wing, through October 26, 2008.

UNDEREXPOSED: Photographs By Franklyn Rogers

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:57:43 -0500

The National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the UNDEREXPOSED arts program, part of the 4 The Record Initiative (4TR) created to highlight talent and achievement within the black British community and to bring their work to a wider audience.