Back to A History of Photography (October 29, 2016 - April 30, 2017) at George Eastman Museum
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Curated by Assistant Curator of Photography Heather Shannon, this rotation provides an overview of the history of photography through photographs made in Mexico by artists, photojournalists, and archaeologists, as well as tourists and photographers from Europe, USA, and Mexico.
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Focus 45 Talk: Mexico and the Photographic Imagination
Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:00pm – Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 1:00pm UTC
One of the oldest photographs in the museum's collection was made in Mexico in 1839, the year the invention of photography was announced in Paris. In conjunction with her History of Photography installation, Assistant Curator of Photography Heather Shannon uses the daguerreotype as a starting point to explore the history of the medium through photographs made in Mexico.
Free to members; included with admission.
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900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY, US
Monday, Closed
Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–5pm
Sunday, 11am–5pm
