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Friday, February 10, 2012

The Century of the Film

May 26, 2011 to April 30, 2012 – Swiss Camera Museum When films on a flexible support appeared on the market in the 1880s, the whole world of photography was radically transformed. Cameras underwent a complete metamorphosis, rapidly becoming smaller a… Organized by Swiss Camera Museum | Type: exhibition
Stanley: An Estes Park Legacy

August 5, 2011 to February 19, 2012 – The Estes Park Museum In collaboration with the Stanley Museum, the Estes Park Museum will display an exhibit celebrating the achievements of Freelan Oscar Stanley. Francis and his twin brother Freelan formed the Stanle… Organized by Stanley Museum/Estes Park Museum | Type: exhibition
The Darkroom: Extraordinary stories from the history o f Dutch photography

August 19, 2011 to December 29, 2013 – Las Palmas Building, Nederlands Fotomuseum In The Netherlands there isn’t a permanent place where photo history is shown. The Fotomuseum fills this void with a new exhibition where aspects of the Dutch photography history is shown by the coll… Organized by Nederlands Fotomuseum | Type: exhibition
Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today

August 25, 2011 to April 29, 2012 – Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today traces the history of Canada’s changing industrial landscape through the lens of some of the country’s most extraordinary photograp… Organized by Art Gallery of Ontario | Type: exhibition
Small Lives - Photographs of Irish Childhood 1880 - 1970

September 12, 2011 to June 28, 2012 – National Photographic Archive The 50 photographs in this exhibition are drawn from across NLI’s collections, and range from formal studio portraits featuring children of the landed classes taken in the 1880s to more candid shot… Organized by National Photographic Archive | Type: exhibition
Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works

September 30, 2011 to February 19, 2012 – Gallery Two, National Media Museum Daniel Meadows was one of a group of photographers who spearheaded the independent photography movement in the early 1970s, breaking with tradition and infusing the medium with new energies and way… Organized by National Media Museum | Type: exhibition
The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection

October 1, 2011 to February 19, 2012 – Brackett Clark Gallery, George Eastman House More than 500 photographs by the masters of the medium will be on view. W.M. Hunt is a renowned curator and dealer who has been collecting photographs for 40 years. A self-described “champion of p… Organized by George Eastman House | Type: exhibition
The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton & Antarctic Photography

October 21, 2011 to April 15, 2012 – The Queen's Gallery This exhibition of remarkable Antarctic photography by George Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley marks the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole. Ponting’s dramatic… Organized by The Queen's Gallery | Type: exhibition
The Heart of the Great Alone

October 21, 2011 to April 15, 2012 – Queen`s Gallery, Buckingham Palace This exhibition of remarkable photographs taken in Antarctica by Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley marks the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole. Organized by | Type: viewing, from, the, royal, collection
Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present: A different History of Photography

October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012 – Fotostiftung Schweiz Once again the time has come to dare to present a broad survey: To mark its 40th anniversary, the Fotostiftung Schweiz will present a new history of photography in both book and exhibition form. It i… Organized by Fotostiftung Schweiz | Type: exhibition
Written in Light (1840–1930)

November 1, 2011 to February 15, 2012 – Moderna Museet The third part of Another Story. Photo- graphy from the Moderna Museet Collection has the subtitle Written in Light. It delineates the infancy of photography, from the moment when the Frenchman Louis… Organized by Moderna Museet | Type: exhibition
The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

November 4, 2011 to March 25, 2012 – The Jewish Museum The Radical Camera offers a comprehensive look at the Photo League, a group of young, politically engaged photographers who explored diverse approaches to social documentary and street photography fr… Organized by The Jewish Museum | Type: exhibition
Romantic Camera

November 30, 2011 to June 3, 2012 – Scottish National Portrait Gallery Romantic Camera is the first exhibition within the new Photography Gallery in the refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery. This space will display a rolling programme of shows and exhibitions… Organized by Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Type: exhibition
Forever in a Moment: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt

December 3, 2011 to April 10, 2012 – Museum of Fine Arts This noteworthy exhibition presents photographs of Egypt created during the nineteenth century, a period of great archaeological exploration and worldwide fascination with the rediscovered ancient cu… Organized by Museum of Fine Arts | Type: exhibition
China Through the Lens of John Thomson: 1868-1872

December 3, 2011 to February 26, 2012 – Chester Beatty Library As mentioned by a BPH blogger, this exhibition is devoted to images of China by Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921). Born in Edinburgh Thomson first travelled to Asia in 1862, where he set… Organized by Chester Beatty Library/Wellcome Trust | Type: exhibition
Roger Fenton & Julia Margaret Cameron : Early British Photographs from the Royal Collection

December 16, 2011 to April 1, 2012 – Royal Albert Memorial Museum Photographs from the Royal Collection by two of Britain’s most accomplished photographers of the nineteenth century: Roger Fenton (1819-69) and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79). Some were commissione… Organized by Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Type: exhibition
Dawn’s Early Light: The First Fifty Years of American Photography

January 4, 2012 to May 4, 2012 – Cornell University Library Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections invites you to an exhibition about the first half-century of photography in America, from its invention in Europe in 1839 thro… Organized by Cornell University Library | Type: exhibition
Power and Privilege: Photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858 to 1922

January 6, 2012 to April 15, 2012 – National Museum of Ireland In the new photographic exhibition, Power and Privilege: Photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858 to 1922, which is now open in the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Castl… Organized by National Museum of Ireland/National Library of Ireland | Type: exhibition
Brian May: A Village Lost and Found

January 8, 2012 to March 4, 2012 – Royal West of England Academy Brian May, of Queen, and photo-historian, Elena Vidal, have revived a renowned series of 59 photographs produced by a master of Victorian stereoscopic photography, Thomas Richard Williams. Pictures l… Organized by Royal West of England Academy | Type: exhibition
People, Lives and Landscapes, 1898-1934: Images from the Land of the Bible

January 8, 2012 to September 30, 2012 – Eretz Israel Museum At the end of the 19th and beginning f the 20th century the American Colony photographers of Jerusalem commemorated the lives, people, and sites of Palestine. In thousands of high-quality photographs… Organized by Eretz Israel Museum | Type: exhibition
People, Lives and Landscapes, 1898-1934: mages from the Land of the Bible

January 8, 2012 to September 30, 2012 – Eretz Israel Museum At the end of the 19th and beginning f the 20th century the American Colony photographers of Jerusalem commemorated the lives, people, and sites of Palestine. In thousands of high-quality photographs… Organized by Eretz Israel Museum | Type: exhibition
A Yemenite Portrait: Photography and Memory 1881- 1948

January 8, 2012 to April 30, 2012 – Eretz Israel Museum In 1882, at the end of the 19th century, the new immigrants from Yemen came to the Palestine and settled in Kfar Hashiloach near Jerusalem. Their number steadily increased, reaching 35,000 in 1948, w… Organized by Eretz Israel Museum | Type: exhibition
People, Lives and Landscapes, 1898-1934: Images from the Land of the Bible

January 8, 2012 to September 30, 2012 – Eretz Israel Museum At the end of the 19th and beginning f the 20th century the American Colony photographers of Jerusalem commemorated the lives, people, and sites of Palestine. In thousands of high-quality photographs… Organized by Eretz Israel Museum | Type: exhibition
Contemporary photographs

January 9, 2012 at 10am to April 15, 2012 at 8pm – MAC/ USP - (Museum of Contemporary Art - University of Sao Paulo/ Brazil) http://guiadecidades.terra.com.br/pe/arte-e-cultura-fotografia-fotografos-da-cena-contemporanea-esta-no-mac-usp-en-sao-paulo Organized by | Type: the, exhibition, features, works, by:, vik, muniz, cris, bierrenbach, doug, hall, ed, van, der, elsken, and, others.
Photographing Prague Architecture 1848-1921

January 13, 2012 to February 19, 2012 – Old Town Hall Prague is a city known worldwide for its beauty, especially with a mix of various historical layers of architectural development. As many old paintings, engravings and drawings show, Prague has chang… Organized by Pavel Scheufler | Type: exhibition
Scott's Last Expedition

January 20, 2012 to September 2, 2012 – Natural History Museum Scott's Last Expedition reveals powerful stories of human endeavour and struggles for survival, and celebrates the expedition's scientific achievements. Get a real sense of the everyday realities and… Organized by Natural History Museum, London, Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand) and Canterbury Museum, New Zealand | Type: exhibition
Norman Parkinson AN EYE FOR FASHION Vintage Fashion Photographs 1954 -1964

January 20, 2012 at 6pm to April 15, 2012 at 5pm – Mshed Museum Gallery Princes Wharf Bristol BS14RN UK Preview Party Friday 20th January 6-9pm Please contact Angela Williams for an invite if you would like to come angelawilliamsbathuk@btinternet.com Organized by Angela Williams Archive AWA | Type: norman, parkinson, vintage, photographs
The Dutch photo book

January 21, 2012 to April 29, 2012 – Nederlands Fotomuseum First overview of the development of the Dutch photo book since 1945 and its significance for the Dutch photography. With highlights from the past 65 years, including many important Dutch photographe… Organized by Nederlands Fotomuseum | Type: exhibition
Through the Lens

January 21, 2012 at 10:30am to March 17, 2012 at 4pm – Penlee House Gallery & Museum On show at Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance is an exhibition of long-lost photographs of the town and the surrounding district taken from a Magic Lantern slide show put together by an unkn… Organized by jeremy rice | Type: exhibition
Shirley Baker Retrospective

January 23, 2012 to March 4, 2012 – Salford Museum & Art Gallery Salford Museum & Art Gallery presents a retrospective of the work of documentary photographer Shirley Baker, made from the 1960s to 2000s. Shirley Baker was born in Salford. She studied Pure Phot… Organized by Salford Museum & Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Britain’s Child Migrants

January 23, 2012 to May 6, 2012 – Museum Victoria From the 1860s through to 1967, more than 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Australia and other Commonwealth countries through child migration schemes, changing the lives of these children d… Organized by Museum Victoria | Type: exhibition
An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co

January 27, 2012 to May 7, 2012 – Lady Lever Art Gallery This photographic exhibition features the work of Bedford Lemere & Co, a leading English firm of architectural photographers between 1870 and 1930. Although based in London, the firm photographed… Organized by Lady Lever Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Highlights from the Permanent Collection of Photography, Part 1

January 27, 2012 to April 29, 2012 – Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art This exhibition surveys the history of photography beginning with 19th-century photographers, such as Nadar and Eadweard Muybridge, and concluding with recent works by contemporary photographers such… Organized by Michael Wong | Type: exhibition
Natural Selection. Important Modernist Photographs of Nature (1840-1960)

January 27, 2012 at 1am to February 25, 2012 at 2pm – James Hyman Photography James Hyman Photography is pleased to present an exhibition of Modernist icons as well as less well known works, which explores the relationship between modernism and nature. The exhibition consists… Organized by Valérie C. Whitacre | Type: exhibition
From Konstantiniyye to Istanbul: Photographs of the Anatolian Shore of the Bosphorus from the mid-19th to the 20th Century

January 28, 2012 to April 1, 2012 – Pera Museum “From Konstantiniyye to İstanbul,” is a collection of more than 200 photographs of the Asian shores of the Bosporus from a period that stretches from the mid-19th to 20th century. The second exhibiti… Organized by Pera Museum | Type: exhibition
Photography: from Talbot to the Contemporary

January 31, 2012 to March 13, 2012 – Sotheby's Institute of Art As the field of photography gains increased recognition within the art world, this course provides a foundation in the history of the medium from the experiments carried out in the nineteenth century… Organized by Sotheby's Institute of Art | Type: course
Cold Recall: Reflections of a Polar Explorer

February 1, 2012 to April 22, 2012 – Swansea Museum Cold Recall: Reflections of a Polar Explorer, is a photo exhibit and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen's journey to become the 1st explorer to reach the South Pole. Roald Amun… Organized by Swansea Museum | Type: exhibition
The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years

February 4, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – Windsor Castle Sixty photographs of The Queen, including the work of leading press photographers of the past six decades, are brought together for a display at Windsor Castle to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubi… Organized by The Boss herself | Type: exhibition
Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard

February 4, 2012 to May 6, 2012 – The Phillips Collection The invention of the Kodak handheld camera in 1888 gave post-impressionist artists a new source of inspiration. Investigating the techniques and compositional strategies made possible by the new appa… Organized by The Phillips Collection, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. | Type: exhibition
Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell

February 4, 2012 to May 6, 2012 – Corcoran Gallery and College of Art + Design The American Civil War was one of the first conflicts to be extensively documented by photography. The public had never before seen such powerful images of human devastation and the destructive impa… Organized by Corcoran Gallery | Type: exhibition
Silver, Salt, and Sunlight: Early Photography in Britain and France

February 7, 2012 to April 19, 2012 – Gallery 169, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The invention of photography in 1839 was a pivotal achievement that changed the course of cultural history. The early years of the medium were rich in experimentation. As each process and technique w… Organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Type: exhibition
East Zone: Antonio Beato, Felice Beato and Adolfo Farsari

February 8, 2012 to April 1, 2012 – Villa Contarini Photographers Venetian nineteenth century through the Orient. Organized by Region of Veneto, and Photosophia Realty Marco Polo. | Type: exhibition
Masterpieces: Photography in Japan (1860-1910)

February 8, 2012 to April 1, 2012 – Palazzo Franchetti At Palazzo Franchetti, the seat of the Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Venice, an exhibition entitled “Photography in Japan (1860-1910) is being held since Saturday, December 17th… Organized by Palazzo Franchetti | Type: exhibition
Controversies: A Legal and Ethical History of Photography

February 9, 2012 to August 12, 2012 – Trapholt Museum Since its invention in 1839, photography has provoked numerous controversies and sensational trials. The photographic image has been at the centre of important ethical debates and legal questions thr… Organized by Trapholt Museum/Musée de l’Elysée | Type: exhibition
The Madness of Photography

February 10, 2012 to February 12, 2012 – SCAD Museum of Art Theater Barthes' "madness of photography" is both poetically and ontologically central to the medium, and is discernible from its very origins. This symposium will explore new perspectives on the many implic… Organized by The University for Creative Careers | Type: symposium
Reconsidering the Photographic Masterpiece

February 10, 2012 to July 10, 2012 – UNM Art Museum The sweeping exhibition, RECONSIDERING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERPIECE, curated by Michele Penhall, will present approximately 100 works chosen from the museum’s permanent collection—some on view for th… Organized by UNM Art Museum | Type: exhibition
East

February 10, 2012 to March 18, 2012 – Getty Images Gallery, Unit 1119, The Street, Westfield Stratford City Archive imagery, which captures the spirit of East London, collated from the vaults of Getty Images, will be exhibited at the Getty Images Gallery at Westfield Stratford City. Organized by Getty Images | Type: exhibition