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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

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
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
The Era of The Photographic Plates

April 25, 2012 to April 28, 2013 – Swiss Camera Museum In 1871, Richard Leach Maddox revolutionised photography when he discovered a way of producing sensitive plates which conserved their light sensitivity durably. This made them much easier to use, fo… Organized by Swiss Camera Museum | Type: exhibition
The Queen Art and Image

May 17, 2012 to October 21, 2012 – National Portrait Gallery To mark Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 this landmark exhibition brings together over sixty of the most remarkable and resonant portraits of the Queen made during her sixty-year reign. Featuri… Organized by National Portrait Gallery | Type: exhibition
Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs of Children

July 9, 2012 to January 4, 2013 – Dimbola Museum & Galleries An exhibition of 20 portraits of children by Julia Margaret Cameron from the V&A’s collection, which were on show earlier this year at the V&A Museum of Childhood. Cameron made over 200 photo… Organized by The Julia Margaret Cameron Trust | Type: exhibition
By Way of These Eyes: Masterworks of American Photography

July 14, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – American Museum Photographs from the renowned Christopher Hyland Collection, which juxtaposes iconic Stateside images from the early 1900s with vibrant photographs of 21st century America. Among the artists represen… Organized by American Museum | Type: exhibition
The Colonial Eye: Early Portrait Photography in India

July 20, 2012 to October 21, 2012 – Museum für Fotografie (Museum of Photography) The Museum für Fotografie is exhibiting a collection of around 280 portraits taken in India and Sri Lanka during the second half of the 19th century, at the height of Britain’s imperial might. The co… Organized by Museum für Fotografie | Type: exhibition
Canon R.C. MacLeod

July 24, 2012 to May 31, 2013 – Facebook Take a glimpse through a Canon's camera at rural life in Northumberland at the turn of the 20th Century by visiting Woodhorn Museum & Northumberland Archives page about Canon Roderick Charles Mac… Organized by Woodhorn | Type: facebook, exhibition
Olympic Celebration: Athletes in Motion

July 28, 2012 to October 20, 2012 – Kingston Museum The human body in motion is timeless, but the ways trying to depict this have changed and evolved over time. Coinciding with the 2012 London Olympics, this exhibition brings together old and new tech… Organized by Kingston Museum | Type: exhibition
Eugène Atget Old Paris

August 24, 2012 to November 4, 2012 – Art Gallery of New South Wales Lose yourself in the beauty of Old Paris with over 200 rare and original prints from the founder of documentary photography. His bellows camera, glass plates and printing technique may link him to ea… Organized by Art Gallery of New South Wales | Type: exhibition
Michelle Stuart

September 6, 2012 to October 27, 2012 – Leslie Tonkonow Artworks & Projects An art exhibit. It includes eight major photographic works of archival digital prints. Organized by leslie tonkonow | Type: art, exhibit
Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War

September 6, 2012 to January 1, 2013 – IWM London Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War follows Beaton on his travels during the Second World War as he documented the impact of war on people and places in his own unique style. He was one of the most prolific… Organized by Imperial War Museum | Type: exhibition
The Birth of Photography - Milestones of the Gernsheim Collection

September 9, 2012 to February 24, 2013 – International Forum for Photography Armoury Museum C5 With the special "The birth of photography.Milestones of the Gernsheim Collection presents "theInternational Forum Photography (FIP) of the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim Highlights of two centu… Organized by Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums | Type: exhibition
everything was moving: photography from the 60s and 70s

September 13, 2012 to January 13, 2013 – Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre This major photography exhibition surveys the medium from an international perspective, and includes renowned photographers from across the globe, all working during two of the most memorable decades… Organized by Barbican Centre | Type: exhibition
Lewis Hine (1874 - 1940)

September 15, 2012 to January 6, 2013 – Palmas Building, Nederlands Fotomuseum A detailed overview of the work of the famous American photographer Lewis Hine (1874 - 1940)from the collection of the George Eastman House. Including his famous photographs of the construction of th… Organized by Nederlands Fotomuseum | Type: exhibition
100 Years of Picturing the Nation’s Business: Photographs from the Collection of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America

September 22, 2012 to February 3, 2013 – Hagley Museum and Library Some 100 photographs selected from the 25,000 photographs in Hagley’s United States Chamber of Commerce collection will be exhibited in the Visitor Center gallery starting September 8, 2012. The cham… Organized by Hagley Museum and Library/Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | Type: exhibition
Samuel Bourne Exhibition

September 27, 2012 to October 27, 2012 – South Nottingham College, Clifton Centre - Charnwood South Nottingham College’s Charnwood Centre is set to host a prestigious photography exhibition. The work of 19th Century photographer Samuel Bourne was on display at Bromley House Library in Notting… Organized by South Nottingham College | Type: exhibition
Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography

September 28, 2012 to January 6, 2013 – The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum 'Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’ is the second in a series of exhibitions being held at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum leading up to the opening of the V&A… Organized by The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum | Type: exhiibition
Charles Marville, 1813–1879

October 1, 2012 to January 6, 2013 – National Gallery of Art Charles Marville, 1813–1879 is divided into six sections, beginning with a compelling series of intimate self-portraits and portraits of family, friends, and colleagues, many made in his studio on th… Organized by National Gallery of Art | Type: exhibition
Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s

October 2, 2012 to January 13, 2013 – Barbican Art Gallery an international perspective, and includes renowned photographers from across the globe, all working during two of the most memorable decades of the 20th century. Everything Was Moving: Photography f… Organized by Barbican Art Gallery | Type: exhibition
Lucknow to Lahore

October 6, 2012 to April 7, 2013 – National Galleries of Scotland Spanning forty years, from 1882 to 1922,Lucknow to Lahore will explore the particular vision of Fred Bremner, a Scottish commercial photographer. Bremner’s travels in the Indian subcontinent are reco… Organized by National Galleries of Scotland | Type: exhibition