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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography

May 12, 2010 to March 21, 2011 – The Edward Steichen Photography Galleries, Third Floor, The Museum of Modern Art For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of… Organized by The Museum of Modern Art | Type: exhibition
Life through the lens: snapshots of Salford's past

July 28, 2010 to March 1, 2011 – Salford Museum & Art Gallery To celebrate 10 years of the LifeTimes project, this exhibition shows some of the hidden gems from the museum, LifeTimes and local history library photographic collections. On display are images of… Organized by Salford Museum & Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
One Hundred Vintage Views of India

August 6, 2010 at 6pm to March 25, 2011 at 7pm – http://www.shapero.com/India/flash.html#/1/ Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, London and Tasveer, Bangalore are pleased to present this touring exhibition, One Hundred Vintage Views of India. The collection does not by any means attempt to portray… Organized by Roland Belgrave | Type: exhibition
Muybridge Revolutions Exhibition

September 10, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm – Kingston Museum Opening exactly a century after the first Muybridge exhibition at Kingston Museum, this exhibition focuses on some of the rarest surviving objects within the museum’s collection: Muybridge’s beautifu… Organized by Peta louise Cook | Type: exhibition
In Focus: Still Life

September 14, 2010 to January 23, 2011 – The J Paul Getty Museum The term still life was coined during the 1600s, when painted examples were popular throughout Europe, and artists created increasingly complex compositions, bringing together a broad variety of obje… Organized by The J Paul Getty Museum | Type: exhibition
Muybridge Revolutions

September 18, 2010 to February 12, 2011 – Kingston Museum No shortage of Muybridge exhibitions! Pioneering moving image photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), left a valuable cultural legacy to his home town of Kingston upon Thames. This outstanding… Organized by Kingston Museum | Type: exhibition
Muybridge in Kingston Exhibitions

September 18, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm – Kingston Museum and Kingston University's Stanley Picker Gallery Eadweard Muybridge was one of the world's most innovative and influential photographic pioneers. Undertaking extensive studies of humans and animals in motion, his influential body of work played a c… Organized by Peta louise Cook | Type: exhibition
The Bernadottes in Black and White

September 22, 2010 to January 23, 2011 – Nationalmuseum To mark the bicentennial of Karl XIV Johan’s selection as heir to the Swedish throne, Nationalmuseum presents an exhibition of black-and-white portraits of the House of Bernadotte. The evolution of… Organized by Nationalmuseum | Type: exhibition
A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans

October 1, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Gallery One Evans (British, 1853-1943) began pursuing photography in the mid 1880s, focusing on architecture, specifically medieval cathedrals in England and France. His images of York Minster and Ely Cathedral… Organized by J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles | Type: exhibition
Shadow Catchers

October 13, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – V&A South Kensington Shadow Catchers will present the work of five international artists who, for the last twenty years or more, have been challenging the assumption that a camera is necessary to make a photograph. By c… Organized by Victoria & Albert Museum | Type: exhibition
A History of Camera-less Photography

October 13, 2010 to March 27, 2011 – Room 38a, V&A South Kensington The first photographs ever made were created without the use of camera. This display will explore the camera-less image from its discovery in the 1850s to the present day. Drawing together unique exa… Organized by V&A South Kensington | Type: exhibition
Controversies: A legal and ethical history of photography

October 27, 2010 to February 6, 2011 – Centre national de l'audiovisuel Since its invention in 1839, photography is the focus of controversy and sensational trials. The image goes into effect in the heart of the ethical or legal strictly that marked the nineteenth and tw… Organized by Centre national de l'audiovisuel | Type: exhibition
The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875

October 31, 2010 to January 30, 2011 – National Gallery of Art As reported in the BPH blog here, details of the exhibition featuring HP Robinson's print has finally been unveiled. In the first survey of British art photography focusing on the 1850s and 1860s, s… Organized by National Gallery of Art in association with the Musée d'Orsay, Paris | Type: exhibition
Picturing the Victorians: British Photographs and Reproductive Prints from the Department of Image Collections

November 1, 2010 to January 28, 2011 – National Gallery of Art East Building, Study Center Presenting twenty-two rare photographs and reproductive prints, this exhibition highlights resources for the study of Victorian art and culture from the department of image collections. By the mid-ni… Organized by National Gallery of Art, Washington | Type: exhibition
Fay Godwin: Land Revisited

November 1, 2010 to March 27, 2011 – National Media Museum - Gallery Two Fay Godwin (1931 - 2005) was one of Britain's greatest landscape photographers. She is best known for her 1985 exhibition and accompanying book, Land - a very personal celebration of the British land… Organized by National Media Museum | Type: exhibition
Alice in Wonderland

November 4, 2010 to January 29, 2011 – Tate Liverpool This new exhibition takes the original manuscript as a starting point for exploring the influence of these iconic stories on modern and contemporary art, proving the themes within them remain relevan… Organized by Tate Liverpool | Type: exhibition
Exhibition: A Village Lost and Found

November 4, 2010 to January 31, 2011 – Gallery on the Green The Gallery on the Green is especially delighted to host “A Village Lost and Found” as their first 3D exhibition. It is an exhibition that will allow visitors to travel back in time to the 1850s thro… Organized by Gallery on the Green | Type: exhibition
Samuel Bourne and Colin Murray: Early Photography from Delhi, Agra and Rajasthan

November 4, 2010 to January 30, 2011 – Dahlem Museum On display are prints from the 1860s and 1870s, originally taken in the 'Golden Triangle' of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in Rajasthan by Samuel Bourne, the legendary photographer of the Indian subcontinen… Organized by Dahlem Museum | Type: exhibition
The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton & Antarctic Photography

November 8, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Robert McDougall Gallery, Canterbury Museum Herbert George Ponting’s extraordinary images record Scott’s Terra Nova expedition of 1910– 13 and Frank Hurley’s dramatic icescapes were taken during Ernest Shackleton’s polar expedition on Enduranc… Organized by Canterbury Museum/Royal Collection | Type: exhibition
Portraits of Writers from 1850 to the present day

November 17, 2010 to February 20, 2011 – Maison de Victor Hugo The 200 photographs selected in this exhibition illustrate how original these collections are and how they complement each other not only chronologically but also aesthetically and thematically, brin… Organized by Maison de Victor Hugo | Type: exhibition
Raja Deen Dayal: The Studio Archives from the IGNCA collection

November 19, 2010 to February 28, 2011 – Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts Photography enthusiasts are in for a treat as this exhibition showcases a 19th century photographer’s reflections on India’s heritage. The three-month exhibition peeks into the early 19th century lif… Organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts | Type: exhibition
Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer

November 23, 2010 to February 6, 2011 – The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle Marcus Adams (1875-1959) photographed four generations of the Royal Family between 1926 and 1956. The son of the photographer Walton Adams, he established a reputation as a leading child photographe… Organized by The Royal Collection | Type: exhibition
Vintage Watson

November 26, 2010 to January 21, 2011 – Hamiltons Gallery The prolific Scottish artist, Albert Watson, shows his work at Hamiltons Gallery. He presents a collection of vintage gelatin silver prints, including some his most famous images. He is a meticulous… Organized by Hamiltons Gallery | Type: exhibition
Life in Pictures

December 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 – Blagreaves Library A display of early historic photographs and photographic equipment from the Museums’ collection. Please contact the Library direct for opening times/dates, other information etc. Organized by Blagreaves Library | Type: exhibition
19th-Century French Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

December 2, 2010 to March 20, 2011 – Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, Level S2 Graphic Arts Centre This exhibition will feature approximately eighty works from 1840 to 1900 by some of the major practitioners of photography in France during that time—Édouard Baldus, Maxime du Camp, J. B. Greene, Gu… Organized by Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Type: exhibition
A Little Bit of Magic Realised

December 6, 2010 to January 29, 2011 – Ingleby Gallery A Little Bit of Magic Realised takes its title from the words of William Henry Fox Talbot, writing in 1839, and the exhibition begins with a very rare copy of his Sun Pictures in Scotland; a volume o… Organized by Ingleby Gallery | Type: exhibition
Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road

December 7, 2010 to April 3, 2011 – The Getty Center Los Angeles UPDATE: Further information on the exhibition including an interactive slide show can be found here. Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road examines the ways Beato tailored his images of f… Organized by The Getty Center | Type: exhibition
Photos Femmes Féminisme 1860-2000: The Durand Collection

December 19, 2010 to March 13, 2011 – Galerie des Bibliothèques, Ville de Paris The exhibition Photos Femmes Féminisme 1860-2000 is a historical journey through the photographic collection of the Marguerite Durand Library. Towards the end of the 19th century Durand, a former ac… Organized by Galerie des Bibliothèques | Type: exhibition
The Face of America: Early Photographic Portraits from the Collections of George & Susan Whiteley

December 20, 2010 to March 12, 2011 – Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Exceptional and rare images from the dawn of photography cover the birth and growth of the medium through nearly three decades, 1840–1865. The major technological advances in photographic processe… Organized by Daguerreian Society | Type: exhibition
Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture

December 28, 2010 to May 15, 2011 – Center for Creative Photography An exploration of the photographic portrait - the stories portraits can tell, the ways photographers convey the essence of their subjects and the impact of the relationship between photographer and… Organized by Center for Creative Photography | Type: exhibition
Yvon's Paris: Vintage Photographs from the 1920s

December 29, 2010 to January 29, 2011 – Higher Pictures Higher Pictures is having an exhibition of vintage prints by postcard photographer Pierre Yves Petit. Yvon, as he considered himself, though virtually unknown by name, helped to shape the idea and ph… Organized by Higher Pictures | Type: exhibition
Hoppe’s Bombay 1929 and Santiniketan

January 2, 2011 to February 28, 2011 – Premchand Roychand Gallery Children playing under the Gateway of India monument, the Fort area with no motor vehicles and other such rare street scenes of early 20th century Mumbai captured by a British photographer, are on d… Organized by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India) | Type: exhibition
Exposed: Photography and the Classical Nude

January 4, 2011 to April 17, 2011 – Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney Seventy five percent of the exhibition has travelled from the United States, drawn from the extensive collection of Florida lawyer William K Zewadski and from his subsequent donations to the Tampa… Organized by Nicholson Museum | Type: exhibition
Tacita Dean

January 4, 2011 to February 5, 2011 – The Common Guild This exhibition presents a selection of recent works that can be seen as still lives, by using imagery of various natural forms, including trees and neolithic stones or ‘dolmens’, and by focussing on… Organized by The Common Guild | Type: exhibition
Waldo County Through Eastern's Eye

January 6, 2011 to April 30, 2011 – Allen & Sally Fernald Gallery, University of Maine's Hutchinson Center "Waldo County Through Eastern's Eye," an exhibit of black and white photographs taken 75 to 100 years ago, will be on display in the Allen & Sally Fernald Gallery at the University of Maine's Hut… Organized by Penobscot Marine Museum of Searsport | Type: exhibition
Acquisitions of Twentieth-Century Photography

January 9, 2011 to February 14, 2011 – Philips Wing, Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum will display a selection of 20th-century photographic works acquired in recent years with the support of Baker & McKenzie. The sponsorship from the renowned law firm has already a… Organized by Rijksmuseum | Type: exhibition
Analog: The End of Professional Photographic Darkrooms and Music Recording S tudios

January 11, 2011 to March 5, 2011 – Riflemaker The impact of digital technology on print photography and music production is the subject of ANALOG. The exhibition invites us inside the last of London’s photographic darkrooms as well as taking a v… Organized by Riflemaker | Type: exhibition
Turn Back Time – The High Street

January 14, 2011 to February 28, 2011 – Ryde Library If you ever wondered what Union Street in Ryde looked like in the 1900s, or wanted to see an image of Newport High Street being flooded half a century ago, a new display is giving a glimpse into the… Organized by Ryde Library | Type: exhibition
Bath in Camera 1849-1861

January 15, 2011 to February 26, 2011 – Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution Early photographs by the Rev Francis Lockey, printed from the original calotype and wax paper negatives in the BRLSI Collection. Open Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm.Admission Free Launch event - Fri 14th January… Organized by Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution | Type: exhibition
Unconventional Portraits: Photographs by Charles E. Moody

January 15, 2011 to February 26, 2011 – Saco Museum Charles Moody was born to Samuel F. Moody and Mary E. Spencer of Saco in 1859, and spent much of his adulthood working in the bustling varnish industry of Newark, New Jersey. There he became active… Organized by Saco Museum | Type: exhibition
Handmade Photographs by Jesseca Ferguson

January 15, 2011 to June 16, 2011 – Fox Talbot Museum Exhibition At a time when digital photography is king and analogue photography seems to have fallen into the dustbin of history, the Fox Talbot Museum is looking to the past to find the future of photographic… Organized by Fox Talbot Museum Exhibition | Type: exhibition
Bengalis in London's East End

January 16, 2011 to February 13, 2011 – 4th Floor, Idea Store Ansar Ahmed Ullah, the co-author of Bengalis In London’s East End, has helped to put together a new photographic exhibition at the Whitechapel Idea Store. Created along with Mr Ullah’s co-author John… Organized by Mr Ullah’s, John Eversley and Swadhinata Trust | Type: exhibition
Modernist Photography 1910-1950

January 16, 2011 to July 3, 2011 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston "Modernist Photography 1910–1950" features approximately 40 American modernist photographs representing highlights from the Museum's own collection as well as The Lane Collection. Complementing the w… Organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Type: exhibition
Convulsive Beauty. Surrealist Photography and its Legacy

January 17, 2011 at 6pm to February 5, 2011 at 2pm – James Hyman Photography CONVULSIVE BEAUTY. SURREALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS LEGACY. 06.01.2011 • 05.02.2011 Convulsive Beauty will be veiled-erotic, fixed-explosive, magic-circumstantial or will not be. - André BretonJames Hy… Organized by Valérie C. Whitacre | Type: exhibition
A Celebration of Kodachrome

January 18, 2011 to February 10, 2011 – AOP Gallery As mentioned in an earlier BPH blog, the Association of Photographers Gallery (AOP) presents "A Celebration of Kodachrome" from 18 January to 10 February 2011 with a private view on Wednesday 19 Janu… Organized by AOP Gallery | Type: exhibition