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Monday, April 26, 2010

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage

February 2, 2010 to May 9, 2010 – The Howard Gilman Gallery, Metropolitan Museum Playing with Pictures is the first exhibition to comprehensively examine the little-known phenomenon that long before the embrace of collage techniques by avant-garde artists of the early 20th centur… Organized by The Art Institute of Chicago & Metropolitan Museum | Type: exhibition
China through the lens of John Thomson 1868 - 1872

February 9, 2010 to June 6, 2010 – Merseyside Maritime Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum is the first UK venue to show this extensive exhibition of almost 150 photographs by the legendary Scottish photographer and travel writer John Thomson (1837-1921). The ph… Organized by Wellcome Library/Merseyside Maritime Museum | Type: exhibition
Eloge du négatif. Les débuts de la photographie sur papier en Italie, 1846-1862. 2010 February 18 - May 2

February 18, 2010 at 10am to May 2, 2010 at 6pm – Petit Palais - Paris - France Le Petit Palais, musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris presents An exhibition by l’Atelier de Restauration et de Conservation des Photographies de la Ville de Paris, la Fratelli Alinari, Fondazi… Organized by ARCP (Paris) | Type: exhibition
Relics of old London: Photography and the spirit of the city

February 27, 2010 to June 22, 2010 – Architecture Space, adjacent to the Royal Academy Restaurant, Burlington House Prompted by the imminent demolition of an old London inn near St Paul's, the Society for the Photographing of Relics of Old London set about using photography as a means of documenting buildings that… Organized by The Royal Academy | Type: exhibition
An Edwardian Family Album

February 27, 2010 to May 3, 2010 – Lady Lever Art Gallery This exhibition gives a fascinating glimpse into the life and leisure time of a Wirral family during the Edwardian era. The pictures were taken by Jack Urton, a keen amateur photographer, who lived i… Organized by Lady Lever Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Curious: The Craft of Microscopy

March 3, 2010 to July 3, 2010 – Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons Not quite Victorian photography per se, but might be of interest to the more technically minded BPH-bloggers out there keen on the science of microscopy. As part of the Royal Society's 350th anniver… Organized by Royal College of Surgeons | Type: exhibition
The Moving Image

March 9, 2010 to September 1, 2010 – Hove Museum & Art Gallery See movement and time unfold in a new exhibition at Hove Museum. The Moving Image contrasts how movement is shown in both photography and art. Eadweard Muybridge was a 19th century photographer who… Organized by Hove Museum & Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Gargoyles and Shadows: Gothic Architecture and 19th-Century Photography

March 25, 2010 to May 16, 2010 – Architecture, Room 128a, V&A South Kensington As mentioned in an earlier blog by the BPH blog creator - Drawing on the V&A's rich holdings of 19th-century photographs, this display examines the relationship that developed between photography… Organized by Victoria & Albert Museum | Type: exhibition
India through Photography

March 26, 2010 to May 23, 2010 – Oriental Museum Samuel Bourne (30 October 1834 – 24 April 1912) was a British photographer known for his prolific seven years' work in India, from 1863 to 1870. In 2002 Dr Xavier Guégan travelled around India in th… Organized by Northumbria University and the British Library | Type: exhibition
the Collector: Beyond The Amateur - A collector's perspective on the history of photography

March 26, 2010 to May 30, 2010 – Marres, Centre for Contemporary Culture As a collector, Arjan de Nooy amassed a collection of the work of dozens of Dutch photographers. His scientific background as a chemist led him to pursue a research-based method, focusing on the live… Organized by Yvon Schoenmakers & Arjan de Nooy | Type: exhibition
The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans : A Record of Emotion

April 11, 2010 to June 6, 2010 – J. Paul Getty Museum Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943) was best known for his photographs of medieval cathedrals, such as the image at right of England's Wells Cathedral—arguably the best-known example of his work.… Organized by Getty Museum | Type: exhibition
Wet Plate Collodion Photography

April 24, 2010 to May 8, 2010 – Dissenters' Chapel In honor of Frederick Scott Archer, The Collodion Collective and World Wet Plate Day is organizing and sponsoring a live Wet Plate Collodion demonstration, and an exhibition of Wet Plate Collodion wo… Organized by The Collodion Collective and World Wet Plate Day | Type: exhibition