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Monday, November 12, 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 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
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
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
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
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
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

October 11, 2012 to January 27, 2013 – Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs and The Howard Gilman Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art While digital photography and image-editing software have brought about an increased awareness of the degree to which camera images can be manipulated, the practice of doctoring photographs has exist… Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Type: exhibition
Modernism and Modernity - The circle of photographers Gustave Le Gray (1850-1860)

October 11, 2012 to January 6, 2013 – Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris Four years in the works, the preliminary research for this exhibition began during Mondenard’s preparation of the exhibition and book, La Mission héliographique. “During my research, I noticed distur… Organized by Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris | Type: exhibition
Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present

October 31, 2012 to January 20, 2013 – Sainsbury Wing, The National Gallery Today’s photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions that long predate it. ‘Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present’ is an engaging discussion of h… Organized by Michael Wong | Type: exhibition
Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt

November 2, 2012 at 10am to July 31, 2013 at 5pm – Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia The French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines. For much of the First World War it was a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationaliti… Organized by Australian War Memorial | Type: exhibition
New Exhibition: Festival de Photo, Paris, 8 - 30 November.

November 8, 2012 at 6pm to November 30, 2012 at 7pm – La Petite Galerie Evening Ragas, Derry Moore in India, 1976 - 2001. An exciting exhibition of work by this well known photographer. Included will be prints that have never shown before. Organized by Roland Belgrave http://rolandbelgravevintagephotography.com/ | Type: exhibition
Art of Arrangement: Photography and the Still Life Tradition

November 9, 2012 to February 10, 2013 – National Media Museum Throughout the history of photography, still life has been a source of inspiration and expression. This exhibition builds on the rich tradition, symbolic nature and history of still life, whilst cons… Organized by National Media Museum | Type: exhibition