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Monday, January 28, 2013

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Félix Thiollier (1842-1914), photographer

November 13, 2012 to February 10, 2013 – Musee d'Orsay This first monograph in Paris devoted to Félix Thiollier will pay tribute to the industrialist from Saint Etienne who, at the age of 37, decided to live off his private income and concentrate on his… Organized by Musee d'Orsay | Type: exhibition
Saturday Night Sunday Morning: The authentic moment in British photography

November 17, 2012 to February 10, 2013 – Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a sensational new exhibition inspired by Alan Sillitoe’s groundbreaking novel, published in 1958, and the 1960 film adaptation, directed by Karel Reisz. Saturd… Organized by Anna Douglas, Neil Walker, Damian Hughes | Type: exhibition
The origins of photojournalism in Brazil: a look at "O Cruzeiro"

November 22, 2012 at 7:30pm to March 31, 2013 at 7pm – Moreira Salles Institute - São Paulo - Brazil The Instituto Moreira Salles opened on November 22 at 19:30, the exhibition The origins of photojournalism in Brazil: a look at O Cruzeiro (1940-1960), with over 400 images and materials that reveal… Organized by Helouise Costa | Type: exposition
Gertrude Kasebier's Buffalo Bill Portraits

January 1, 2013 to September 2, 2013 – Northwest Museum, Spokane, Washington, USA Kasebier's portraits of the Sioux performers in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows were made in 1898. The Northwest Museum in Spokane, Washington, USA is one of only two museums to show the works this ye… Organized by NWMAC | Type: exhibition
Gerti Deutsch: Photographs 1935 - 1965

January 16, 2013 to April 30, 2013 – Austrian Cultural Forum, Prague The exhibition presents an overview of photography by Gerti Deutsch from 1935 to 1965 and offers a wide range of cultural and historical themes and aesthetic views. It also includes examples of her e… Organized by Curator Kurt Kaindl | Type: exhibition