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“I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person…I guess what you’d call the human condition.”

For more than twenty-five years Steve McCurry has covered areas of international and civil conflict, including the Iran–Iraq war, the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan. Face of Asia concentrates on his extensive work from Asia, including images from India, Afghanistan, as well as recent work from Cambodia and Tibet. McCurry’s vivid color images and descriptive titles give us in the West a window into the cultures and peoples of Asia. Included is extensive text covering the story of the “Afghan Girl” as a young refugee and the woman found seventeen years later.

Steve McCurry is a member of Magnum Photos, Inc. and his work appears in National Geographic and many other magazines.  This podcast episode views some of the work from Face of Asia: Steve McCurry Photographs, a traveling exhibition by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

McCurry has published a number of books: The Imperial Way (1985), Monsoon (1988), Portraits (1999), and South Southeast (2000), a first-prize winner in the book category of the Pictures of the Year competition. His book Sanctuary: The Temples of Angkor (2002) is an exploration of the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Looking East and In the Shadows of Mountains are two recent publications by Phaidon.

A companion gallery guide is available for purchase. Steve McCurry is often available to lecture about his life and work as a photo journalist. This exhibition provides an opportunity for visitor education on geography, Asian culture, and politics. Face of Asia was organized by George Eastman House with the support of Eastman Kodak Company and Nikon, Inc. To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

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Burton Holmes is one of the lesser-known figures in film history, yet he did much to further the medium of motion pictures by traveling the world, filming far-flung cultures and giving immensely popular lectures on his experiences abroad.  Patrick Loughney, Ph.D. touches on Mr. Holmes’ contribution to the world of motion pictures and discusses efforts to preserve a collection of his work.  Dr. Loughney is the Curator of Motion Pictures at the International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman House as well as Director of The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation.  To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

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Bold color and striking compositions are at the core of Pete Turner’s extraordinary vision.  Critic A.D. Coleman wrote of Turner’s work, “A dramatist’s sense of event, intense and saturated coloration, and a distinct if indescribable otherness are omnipresent in Turner’s images. You have seen his work in magazines and books, on record jackets, billboards, and posters–and as original, signed prints.” George Eastman House Associate Curator of Exhibitions Jeanne Verhulst discusses images that have influenced generations of photographers and continue to inspire the way we see. 

In 1959, an expedition from Capetown to Cairo was a turning point in Turner’s career. In 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibited “The Giraffe” from a 1964 expedition. A controversial image for the time, the giraffe, silhouetted against a brilliant red sky, illustrated his growing interest in treating color as a graphic element. A master colorist, he broke all the rules in a pre-computer era. Turner has continued his explorations of color and composition with a keen interest in the monumental point of view that often creates a surrealistic effect. 

Pete Turner: Empowered by Color is a traveling exhibition that gathers together 61 photographs representing all of the facets of Turner’s career, including early work from his first African expedition in 1959 to his latest work of architectural spaces in Mexico through 2005.

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Rick Hock, Director of Exhibitions of George Eastman House and Janet Infarinato, Copy Editor/Publications Coordinator of George Eastman House, discuss the exhibit Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers.

Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers is a spectacular selection of photographs, films, and artifacts from Mexico City that provide a journey through the real and imaginary world of the Mexican lucha libre (free form) wrestling scene. The images of Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers span more than six decades, integrating journalistic assignments, portrait photography, documentaries, and artistic projects.

With approximately 100 original prints and contemporary reproductions ranging from postcard size to photomurals, this impressively diverse exhibition includes three audiovisual projections and a film.

Created under the auspices of Fundación Televisa’s Visual Arts Division and George Eastman House, Lucha Libre! was curated by Orlando Jimenez and Alfonso Morales of Mexico City, who have both played a major role in the recent cultural reevaluation of wrestling in Mexico. 

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Todd Gustavson discusses the Lunar Orbiter Camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak, which is now a part of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film Technology Collection. As Curator of the Technology Collection, Mr. Gustavson curates one of the world’s largest collections of photographic and cinematographic equipment.  To learn more, please visit. To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

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Friends of George Eastman House discuss their connections to the Museum and provide an overview of its collections, programs, and need for support. To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!


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Grant Romer discusses his department’s conservation of the Lincoln glass plate negative. Mr. Romer is the director of the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation Photo Conservation Department at George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film. His discussion of the Museum’s work with the negative helps us understand the importance of preserving historically significant and unique photographic artifacts from our past, for our future.

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Seeing Ourselves will introduce American audiences to historical and contemporary photographic masterpieces that were previously unknown to them, or familiar only as reproductions. The exhibition will be organized in broad and accessible subject-based groupings that represent more than 150 years of excellence. The groupings reflect the ways contemporary viewers know photography, thus linking their understanding of the present to the practices of the past. Seeing Ourselves gives broad public exposure and accessible context to the impact of photography on our nation. This travelling exhibition was assembled by and is discussed by Alison Nordstrom, who is the curator of Photographs at George Eastman House.


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In this episode, David Wooters discusses the iconic Powerhouse Mechanic by Lewis W. Hine. Mr. Wooters is the archivist of the photo collection and takes care of over 400,000 photographs within the collection.


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Ansel Adams is among the few photographers in all the history of photography whose name and work enjoy worldwide recognition. His stunning landscapes and intimate still lifes of nature continue to enthrall viewers. Adams’s ability to convey the power and grandeur of nature in a black-and-white photograph is astounding. This exhibition honors the man and celebrates his genius.
Jeanne Verhulst discusses some of her favorite works in the sold-out traveling exhibition Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius. Ms. Verhulst is the associate curator of exhibitions at George Eastman House, International Center of Photography and Film.

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