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Sunday, February 27, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As We See Them: Exotic and Erotic Images from Modern Alternative Process Photographers

January 21, 2011 to April 1, 2011 – The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Organized by guest curators Herbert Ascherman Jr. and Jeannette Palsa, As We See Them presents the work of eleven artists who are using some of the earliest photographic processes to create contempor… Organized by The Kinsey Institute for Research | Type: exhibition
The Marvellous Everyday

January 22, 2011 to March 26, 2011 – Penlee House Gallery and Museum An exhibition of photographs drawn from Penlee House’s extensive collection, looking at some of the quirkier images taken by photographers from the dawn of photography through to the mid-20th century… Organized by Penlee House Gallery and Museum | Type: exhibition
The Science Behind the Medals

January 29, 2011 to November 20, 2011 – Weston Park Museum Drawing on the expertise of Sheffield Hallam University’s renowned Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sports Lab will explore the genetic advantages of top sportsmen and women and the remarkabl… Organized by Sports Lab/Weston Park Museum | Type: exhibition
Raghu Rai's Invocation to India

January 29, 2011 to April 30, 2011 – New Art Exchange New Art Exchange is proud to present Raghu Rai - one of the world's leading photographers in his first solo exhibition in a Public Gallery in the UK. Working in partnership with commercial gallery Ai… Organized by New Art Exchange | Type: exhibition
Koshasin: The Hall Collection of 19th-century Photographs of Japan

January 29, 2011 to April 3, 2011 – Mendel Art Gallery Koshashin showcases a singular collection of early Japanese photography. More than 250 rare photographs from the late 1800s reflect Japan’s transformation as it moved from feudalism into the modern w… Organized by Mendel Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
The Public Collection: Martin Parr

February 2, 2011 to March 27, 2011 – The Public Six large format prints from an exhibition by one of the UK’s leading photographers, Martin Parr, will remain in The Public’s permanent collection, and be displayed for free in the gallery’s glass co… Organized by The Public | Type: exhibition
19th Century British Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada

February 4, 2011 to April 17, 2011 – National Gallery of Canada This exhibition of photographs from the National Gallery of Canada is the third in a series of survey exhibitions that examine iconic works from the Photographs Collection and situate them within a h… Organized by National Gallery of Canada | Type: exhibition
China Through the Lens of John Thomson

February 4, 2011 to June 12, 2011 – Burrell Collection John Thomson, a Scot who was born two years before the invention of the daguerreotype and the birth of photography, is considered a pioneer of photojournalism and one of the most influential photogra… Organized by Burrell Collection | Type: exhibition
Dynasty and the Camera: Portraits from the Ottoman Court

February 6, 2011 to April 24, 2011 – Sadberk Hanim Museum “Dynasty and the Camera: Portraits from the Ottoman Court” consists of a selection from the Ottoman portrait photographs from Ömer M. Koç collection shows the high level of technical and artistic ter… Organized by Sadberk Hanim Museum | Type: exhibition
Brush & Shutter: Early Photography in China

February 8, 2011 to May 1, 2011 – JP Getty Museum, Getty Centre The exhibition features more than 100 works, culled primarily from the Getty Research Institute's strong holdings on the early history of photography in China. The works in the exhibition range from… Organized by JP Getty Museum | Type: exhibition
In Focus: The Tree

February 8, 2011 to July 3, 2011 – The Getty Center Ranging from 19th-century works to contemporary pieces, the exhibition includes prints by both recognized and lesser-known artists. Among the photographers whose work is on view are Robert Adams, Eug… Organized by The Getty Center | Type: exhibiition
Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

February 9, 2011 to June 19, 2011 – Torf Gallery, 184, Museum of Fine Arts This exhibition is selected from the wide-ranging art holdings of Bank of America, one of the largest and most comprehensive corporate collections of photography in the world. The collection was si… Organized by Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Type: exhibition
Power and Privilege: Photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858-1922

February 9, 2011 to May 31, 2011 – The National Library of Ireland Take a rare opportunity to view photographs of life in Ireland’s ‘Big Houses’ during the mid 1800s and early 1900s at Power and Privilege: photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858-1922, an exhibi… Organized by The National Library of Ireland | Type: exhibition
Wives and Sweethearts

February 9, 2011 at 6pm to July 30, 2011 at 7pm – National Army Museum The exhibition highlights the fascinating and changing roles of soldiers' partners from 19th-century 'Women of the Regiment' who worked as cooks and laundresses to modern Army families, where both p… Organized by National Army Museum | Type: exhibition
Masters of Photography

February 12, 2011 to April 2, 2011 – Falmouth Art Gallery, Municipal Buildings This major international photography exhibition features iconic images by Eve Arnold, Jane Bown, Julia Margaret Cameron, Fay Godwin, Linda McCartney, Lee Miller and Man Ray. Showing for the first t… Organized by Falmouth Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Between the States: Photographs of the American Civil War

February 12, 2011 to June 12, 2011 – Brackett–Clark Gallery, George Eastman House The American Civil War divided a country and created a nation. It was the first modern war and the most detrimental for Americans, yielding more American fatalities and greater domestic suffering tha… Organized by George Eastman House | Type: exhibition
Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph

February 13, 2011 to April 24, 2011 – Columbus Museum of Art Painting and photography have had a long relationship in American art. Since its invention, photography has influenced the way we see the world as much as how paintings have for centuries. Shared I… Organized by Columbus Museum of Art | Type: exhibition
Hans Steiner: Chronique La Vie Moderne

February 16, 2011 to May 15, 2011 – Musée de l'Elysée A major figure in Swiss photography, Hans Steiner was part of the golden age of Swiss photojournalism (1930s and 1940s). The Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, is entirely devoted to photogr… Organized by Musée de l'Elysée | Type: exhibition
As Good as Can Be: Shenandoah County through the Lens of Hugh Morrison Jr.

February 16, 2011 to July 3, 2011 – Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Hugh Morrison Jr. (1871–1950) photographed the people and places of Shenandoah County, Virginia, from the late 1890s through 1950. It was an era of dramatic change in our country, and Hugh Morrison p… Organized by Museum of the Shenandoah Valley | Type: exhibition
Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street

February 17, 2011 to May 30, 2011 – Wolfson Gallery, National Portrait Gallery E.O. Hoppé (14 April 1878 – 9 December 1972, German-born British) is one of the most important photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. Celebrated during his lifetime, much of Hoppé'… Organized by National Portrait Gallery | Type: exhibition
London Street Photography 1860-2010

February 18, 2011 to September 4, 2011 – Museum of London An amazing collection of 'London Street Photography', spanning from 1860 to present day, is on display at The Museum of London. A great insight into street photography as well as the changes that ha… Organized by Museum of London | Type: exhibition
London Street Photography

February 18, 2011 to September 4, 2011 – Museum of London This major new exhibition at the Museum of London showcases an extraordinary collection of London street photography with over 200 candid images of everyday life in the street. From sepia-toned scene… Organized by Museum of London | Type: exhibition
Alice in WonderlandFantastic everyday life and everyday fantasy blend in Alice in Wonderland, a major international exhibition of contemporary photographic art in Turku, the European Capital of Cultur

February 19, 2011 at 6pm to December 18, 2011 at 7pm – Logomo Fantastic everyday life and everyday fantasy blend in Alice in Wonderland, a major international exhibition of contemporary photographic art in Turku, the European Capital of Culture 2011, designed a… Organized by Elina Heikka | Type: exhibition
Eye Wonder: Photography from the Bank of America Collection

February 24, 2011 to May 22, 2011 – National Museum of Women in the Arts By selecting offbeat subjects, shooting intense close-ups, or manipulating focus and color, the artists featured in Eye Wonder have created dreamy and often haunting photographic images. As part of t… Organized by National Museum of Women in the Arts | Type: exhibition
Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer

February 25, 2011 to May 2, 2011 – The Queen’s Gallery 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
Luminous Cities

February 25, 2011 to March 13, 2011 – National Gallery of Victoria The great cities of the world are vibrant creative centres in which the built environment is often as inspirational as the activities of its citizens, and, since the nineteenth century photographers… Organized by National Gallery of Victoria | Type: exhibition
HELIOS Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change

February 26, 2011 to June 7, 2011 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Similar to the Tate Britain exhibition which ended on 16/1/11. Best known for his revolutionary studies of human and animal locomotion, Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was also an accomplished landsc… Organized by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Type: exhibition
Picturing Modernity

February 26, 2011 to June 7, 2011 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Organized in conjunction with Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, this installation of the SFMOMA collection and Sack Photographic Trust examines the American West through the lens of 19… Organized by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Type: exhibition
Working Lives

February 26, 2011 to March 30, 2011 – Stockport Art Gallery This exhibition brings together photographs from the Stockport image archive from the 1800s, photographs by John Darwell commissioned by Stockport Council in 1985 and objects from Stockport Councils… Organized by Stockport Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Changing Tides: The New Bedford Waterfront in Transition (1870-1980)

February 26, 2011 to June 19, 2011 – New Bedford Whaling Museum Once as America's richest whaling port, to its current status as the nation's #1 commercial fishing port, the New Bedford waterfront and the work that goes on there have seen enormous transformation.… Organized by New Bedford Whaling Museum | Type: exhibition