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Dr. Anthony Bannon, Director of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film discusses the previously unknown autochromes made by Edward J. Steichen in 1908.

“For me, these two are the capstone autochromes. So brilliantly luminous still to this day since they’ve been stored in a closet shortly after they were made in 1908,” Dr. Bannon says. He shares with us the surprising and delightful story of the museum’s acquisition of the two glass plate images, made by the photographer who brought the autochrome process to the United States in 1908 from France.

Edward Steichen, described by Dr. Bannon as a “paragon of virtue in photography,” served as a founding influence for the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film and remained a figure until his death in 1981. 

To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• SELF-PORTRAIT by Edward Steichen ca. 1917. Palladium print. Bequest of Edward Steichen by Direction of Joanna T. Steichen
• SELF-PORTRAIT by Edward Steichen. 1929. Gelatin silver print. Bequest of Edward Steichen by Direction of Joanna T. Steichen.
• EDWARD J. STEICHEN by Nickolas Muray. American (1892-1965). 1940. Color print, assembly (Carbro) process

Music Credits:

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• THE LADY by Graeme Hindmarsh
• GRACE OF A PRINCESS by Jim Richmond

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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!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• BOY PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL OF GANESH CHATURTHI IS COVERED WITH RED POWDER DURING THE EXUBERANT CELEBRATION. THIS FESTIVAL MARKS THE BIRTHDAY OF LORD GANESH, ONE OF HINDUISM’S MOST POPULAR DEITIES by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1996, Bombay, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• TIBETAN WOMAN AT A TEMPLE IN AMDO by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  2001, Kham, Tibet. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• A YOUNG RINPOCHE, BELIEVED TO BE A REINCARNATED MONK, IN A TEA SHOP NEAR BODH GAYA by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  2000, Bodh Gaya, Tibet. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• FISHERMEN ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF SRI LANKA CAST THEIR LINES IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY ATOP POLES SO THEY CAN WORK IN SHALLOW WATER WITHOUT DISTURBING THE FISH by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1995, South Coast, Sri Lanka. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• A FATHER PADDLES HIS DAUGHTER TO THE FLOATING VEGETABLE MARKET IN THEIR SHIKARA IN SRINAGAR. MUCH OF THE CITY IS ADJACENT TO DAL LAKE, WHERE PEOPLE USE THESE CANOE-LIKE BOATS TO GO TO AND FROM THEIR HOME by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).   1996, Srinager, Kashmir, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• I WAS IN A BEAT-UP TAXI TRAVELING THROUGH THE DESERT TO A TOWN CALLED JAISALMER ON THE INDIAN-PAKISTAN BORDER. THE RAINS HAD FAILED IN THIS PART OF RAJASTHAN FOR THE PAST THIRTEEN YEARS. I WANTED TO CAPTURE SOMETHING, OF THE MOOD OF ANTICIPATION BEFORE THE MONSOON. AS WE DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, WE SAW A DUST STORM GROW—A TYPICAL EVENT BEFORE THE MONSOON BREAKS. FOR MILES IT BUILT INTO A HUGE, FRIGHTENING WALL OF DUST, MOVING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE LIKE A TIDAL WAVE, EVENTUALLY ENVELOPING US LIKE A THICK FOG. AS IT ARRIVED, THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED SUDDENLY AND THE NOISE BECAME DEAFENING. WHERE WE STOPPED, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WORKED ON THE ROAD—SOMETHING THEY ARE DRIVEN TO DO WHEN THE CROPS FAIL—NOW BARELY ABLE TO STAND IN THE FIERCE WIND, CLUSTERED TOGETHER TO SHIELD THEMSELVES FROM THE SAND AND DUST, THEY SANG AND PRAYED. LIFE AND DEATH SEEMED TO HANG IN PRECARIOUS BALANCE by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1983, Rajasthan, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• RAJASTHANI MEN PARTICIPATE IN THE THE HINDU FESTIVAL OF HOLI by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1996, Rajasthan, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• A YOUNG AFGHAN SCHOOL GIRL RETURNS TO HER HOMETOWN OF HERAT AFTER HAVING BEEN BORN AND RAISED AS A REFUGEE IN NEIGHBORING IRAN. THIS WAS THE FIRST WEEK IN HER NEW SCHOOL by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1992, Herat, Afghanistan. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• HAUNTED EYES TELL OF AN AFGHAN REFUGEE’S FEARS by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950). 1985, Pakistan. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• SHARBAT GULA, 2002. FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES, STEVE MCCURRY HAS RECEIVED LETTERS, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND E-MAIL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE AFGHAN GIRL, SHARBAT GULA. WHEN STEVE AND A TEAM FOUND HER AGAIN, THERE WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING OF GENEROSITY TO THE AFGHAN GIRLS FUND. GIRLS WHO HAD BEEN DEPRIVED OF AN EDUCATION ARE NOW IN
• SCHOOL AND ARE LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  2002, Mountains near Tora Bora, Afghanistan. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• A YOUNG BOY DRESSED AS THE HINDU DEITY KRISHNA, OFTEN DEPICTED IN THE COLOR BLUE, ASKS FOR MONEY AT A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN HARIDWAR by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1998, Haridwar, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print
• CHILDREN SELL OFFERINGS TO DEVOTEES ON THE BATHING GHATS IN VARANASI, ONE OF THE MOST HOLY CITIES IN INDIA by Steve McCurry, American (b. 1950).  1996, Varanasi, India. Chromogenic development (Lambda) print

Music Credits:

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• GLASS by The Panic Attacks
• SO LONG SOLACE by Nick+Gerald
• A LIFE WELL-LIVED by ixi.

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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!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• All ephemera and images of Burton Holmes are courtesy Patrick Montgomery

Music Credits:

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• GRACE OF PRINCESS by Jim Richmond
• A LIFE WELL-LIVED by ixi. 

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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.

To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• BUBBLE AND STRIPE by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1980.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• EYE TO EYE by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1968.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• NEW DAWN by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934),  1973.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• BLUE WALLS AND LIGHT  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2002.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• SINGAPORE MAN  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1963.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• FRENCH GARDEN  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1988.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• ORANGE WALL AND WAVE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2001.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• PALM FROND AND WINDOWS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2004.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• TEXASCAPE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1968.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• CHEETA  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1970.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• WIRED  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1970.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• TWINS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1967.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• GIRAFFE  by Peter Turner (American, b. 1934), 1964.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• CLOUD WORLD  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2001.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• HOTEL PARKING WALLS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2002.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• ROLLING BALL  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1960.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• LIFESAVER, USA  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1967.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• PUSH  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1970.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• ROAD SONG  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1967.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• DOORWAY & SPHERE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1966.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• CIGARETTE BUTTS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2002.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1973  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• LAST AMERICAN COWBOY  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1967.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• HOTLIPS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1966.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• WELCOME  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1967.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• LITTLE GIRL IN CENTRAL PARK  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1957.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• CANNONBALL  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1970.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• LAS VEGAS SHOE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1995.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• OLD AGE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1968.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• TIMES SQUARE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1957.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• FLYING WOMEN  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1976.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• ELECTRIC EARRING  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1970.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• GAS STATION  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1959.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• DYERS HAND, INDIA  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1963.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• DOORWAY TO NOWHERE  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1963.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• IBIZA WOMAN  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1961.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• COLA GROCERY WALL  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1976.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• WAJIR  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1959.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• TRUCK STOP  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 1974.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• FRONDS  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2004.  Digital Pigment Ink Print
• BAJA SPHERES  by Pete Turner (American, b. 1934), 2001.  Digital Pigment Ink Print

MUSIC CREDITS:

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• IS THAT THE WHISTLE OF THE BLACK WINDS OF CHAOS by Drye-Glassmeyer.
• TAKE 2 by Gentleman Losers.
• NANTES by Echo.
• SECOND MOON by Ernesto Sett.
  

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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. 

To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• MASKED GIRL, A FAN FROM VERACRUZ by John O’Leary, 1981.  Gelatin silver
• CARPETA DESPLEGADA DE UN PRESSBOOK DE TRES FILMES DE EL SANTO YBLUE DEMON by an Undentified Photographer, 1969. Gelatin silver vintage print.
• CELEBRATIONS OF THE HOLY CROSS,ZITLALA, GUERRERO by Agustín Estrada, 1986. Gelatin silver
• DR. WAGNER JR. POSING NEXT TO A FAN WHO TATTOOED THE WRESTLER’S PICTURE ON HIS SKIN. ARENA MEXICO by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2006.  Digital color print
• VOLADOR JR. (FLYER JR.) AND AV ERNO (HELL) IN AERIAL BATLLE. ARENA MEXICO by Rosalîo Vera Franco, 2006.  Digital color print
• PSICODÉLICO (PSYCHEDELIC) PUNISHES SANGRE AZTECA (AZTEC BLOOD) AT THE ARENA MÉXICO RING by Rosalío Vera Franco, 2006.  Digital color print
• SEXY PISCIS CAE SOBRE EL MISTERIOSO JR. EN LA ARENA AFICIÓN DE PACHUCA HIDALGO by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2004.  Digital color print.
  
• TRIUMPHANT EXIT OF SANTO, EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA (SAINT, THE MAN OF THE SILVER MASK) INTHE ARENA MÉXICO by Arturo Ortega Navarrete, 1964.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Centro de Colecciones Arturo Ortega Navarrete, A.C.
• EL SANTO (THE SAINT) WHILE SHOOTING SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIADEL VICIO (SAINT VERSUS THE VICEMAFIA) IN ACAPULCO, GUERRERO by an Unidentified Photographer, 1970.  Digital print
•  A SCENE OF THE MASK VERSUS MASK FIGHT BETWEN EL SANTO (THE SAINT) AND BLACK SHADOW by Arturo Ortega Navarrete, 1952.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Centro de Colecciones Arturo OrtegaNavarrete, A.C.
• HALLOWEEN. ARENA LÓPEZ MATEOS, TLALNEPANTLA by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2006.  Digital color print.
• CRAZY BOY ES AZOTADO EN LÁMPARASDE NEÓN POR JUVENTUD GUERRERAQUIEN ES AYUDADO POR HISTERIA YMOSCO DE LA MERCED EN DUELO POR EL CAMPEONATO DE PESO COMPLETO JR. by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2004.  Digital color print.
• HALLOWEEN. ARENA LÓPEZ MATEOS, TLALNEPANTLA by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2006.Digital color print
• BLUE PANTHER AND MEPHISTO FIGHTING OFF THE RING IN ARENA MÉXICO. IN THE BACK, TELEVISION NARRATOR DR. ALFONSO MORALES by Miguel Muñoz Zao, 2004.  Digital color print
• SUPER ASTRO USES A BOSTON CRAB WITH FRONT FACE LOCK ON RUDY REYNA by an Unidentified Photographer, 1985.  Gelatin silver vintage print, this copy comes from the files of the now out-of-print K.O.and Arena de Box y Lucha magazines
• LA LOBA PLATEADA (THE SILVER WOLF) INTHE ARENA CÓRDOVA by John O’Leary, 1981.  Gelatin silver.
  
• IRMA GONZÁLEZ by Juan El charro Espinosa, 1960.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Christian Cymet Collection
  
• LA BRIOSA (THE VIGOROUS) FEEDS HER SON by Lourdes Grobet, 1980.  Cibachrome.
  
• UNIDENTIFIED WRESTLER by an Unidentified Photographer, 1981.  Gelatin silver vintage print, this copy comes from the files of the now out-of-print K.O.and Arena de Box y Lucha magazines.
  
• EL FANTASMA DE LA ÓPERA (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) by Juan El Charro Espinosa,1950.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Christian Cymet Collection
  
• BUSINESSMAN SALVADOR LUTTEROTH TESTIFIES THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE MASK VERSUS MASK FIGHT BETWEEN EL SANTO (THE SAINT) AND BLACK SHADOW by Arturo Ortega Navarrete.  1952.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Centro de Colecciones Arturo Ortega Navarrete, A.C.
• UNIDENTIFIED WRESTLER by an Unidentified Photographer. 1980. Gelatin silver vintage print, this copy comes from the files of the now out-of-print K.O.and Arena de Box y Lucha magazines
• APOCALIPSIS (APOCALYPSE) SURROUNDED BY HIS FOLLOWERS IN THE ARENA CÓRDOVA  by John O’Leary, 1981.  Gelatin silver
• TINIEBLAS JR. (DARKNESS JR.), ALUSHEAND TINIEBLAS (DARKNESS) by Lourdes Grobet, 1980.  Cibachrome
• RODOLFO EL CAVERNARIO (CAVEMAN)GALINDO IN HIS SHOE STORE by Arturo Ortega Navarrete, 1960.  Gelatin silver contemporary print by John O’Leary from the original negative property of the Centro de Colecciones Arturo OrtegaNavarrete, A.C.
• DANIEL GARCÍA HURACÁN (HURRICANE)RAMÍREZ AT HOME by Lourdes Grobet, 1982.  Cibachrome
• EL CAVERNÍCOLA (THE CAVEMAN) by Rosalío Vera Franco, 1991.  Digital color print
• PONZOÑA (POISONOUS) by Rosalío Vera Franco, 1991.  Digital color print
• FRAY TORMENTA (BROTHER STORM),WRESTLER AND PRIEST by Lourdes Grobet, 1980.  Cibachrome

MOTION PICTURE CREDITS:

• MAKING OF by Esther Girabet Massot/Orlando Jiménez, 2005.  Video.  Duration: 25 minutes
  
• TIGER FIGHT CELEBRATIONS OF THE HOLY CROSS IN ZITLALA, GUERRERO by an Unidentified author, 2007.  Video.  Duration 2:15 min.  Edition made of footage recorded in 2003Noticieros Televisa Archives
• VS (VERSUS) by Demián Flores/Orlando Jiménez, 2005.  Video. Duration: 14:53 minutes
• SANTORAL (LIFE OF A SAINT) by Luis Lupone, 2005.  Video.  Duration: 14 minutes, 3 seconds.  Editing of a series of films extracts starring Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata (Saint, The Man with the Silver Mask)

MUSIC CREDITS:

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• EL HEUVON by 7 Shot Screamers.  
• New Mexico by The Ukulele Hipster Kings.
• Mexico Revisited by Red Rooster.
• Aguamala by Carne Cruda.
  

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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!

PHOTO CREDITS:

• All motion footage is courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Lunar Orbiter schematics and lunar maps are courtesy NASA.  David E. Bowker and J. Kenrick Hughes: NASA SP-206, 1971.
• LUNAR ORBITER, c.a. 1965, courtesy NASA.
• EASTMAN KODAK TECHNICIANS WORKING ON  THE LUNAR ORBITER CAMERA PAYLOAD, c.a. 1965, by Eastman Kodak.
• GAGARIAN ON HIS WAY TO VOSTOK LAUNCH courtesy NASA.
• All else © 2007 Ross Whitaker.

Music Credits:

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• OH, GREAT by Ekocam.  
• Celeste by Mark Allender

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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!

PHOTO CREDITS:

All Photographs © 2007 Ross Whitaker except:
• THE WIZARD OF OZ, MGM, 1939.
  Courtesy Warner Bros. Inc.
  All motion picture components of this 2007 UNESCO Memory of the World Register inductee are housed at George Eastman House.
• LUNAR ORBITER CAMERA PAYLOAD, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, ca. 1967.
  George Eastman House collections. Gift of Frank Marussich.
• Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, b. British, 1830–1904).
  Replica Zoopraxiscope running disc #29 MULE-BUCKING AND KICKING, 13 PHASES, 1893.
  George Eastman House collections. Gift of Kingston-on-Thames Public Library.
• Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940).
  STEEL WORKER STANDING ON BEAM GIVES ILLUSION OF TOUCHING TIP OF CHRYSLER BUILDING, ca. 1931.
  Gelatin silver print. George Eastman House collections.
  Gift of the Photo League, New York: ex-collection Lewis Wickes Hine.
• Martin Parr (British, b. 1952).
  WEYMOUTH, 1999.
  Chromogenic development [Ektacolor] print.
  George Eastman House collections. Courtesy Martin Parr/Magnum Photos.
• PARVO CINÉMATOGRAPHE [signed by Mary Pickford], Établissements André Debrie, Paris, France, ca. 1908.
  George Eastman House collections. Gift of Charles Rosher.
• Alvin Langdon Coburn (American, 1882–1966). OCTOPUS, 1912. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman House collections. Gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn.
• The Museum’s 2005 motion picture preservation of THE KEY, American Film Manufacturing Company, 1916.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Restoration supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991).
  TERRORS AND PLEASURES OF LEVITATION, #37, 1953/print 1972.
  Gelatin silver print.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Museum purchase.
• Howard Bingham portrait by Douglas Kirkland.
  Courtesy Howard Bingham.
• Joe Rosenthal (American, 1911–2006).
  OLD GLORY GOES UP ON MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA, 1945.
  Gelatin silver print. George Eastman House collections. ©Joe Rosenthal/Corbis.

  Pictured with ANNIVERSARY SPEED GRAPHIC [Joe Rosenthal’s camera], Folmer Graflex Corporation, Rochester, New York, 1940.
  George Eastman House collections. Gift of Graflex, Inc.

• GIROUX DAGUERREOTYPE CAMERA, Alphonse Giroux, Paris, France, 1839.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Gift of Eastman Kodak Company: ex-collection Gabriel Cromer.
• Charlie Chaplin in A DOG’S LIFE, First National Pictures, 1918.
  George Eastman House collections.
• Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950). AFGHAN GIRL, 1984.
  Chromogenic development [Lambda] print. George Eastman House collections.
  Courtesy Steve McCurry/Magnum Photos.
• Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973).
  PAUL ROBESON AS “THE EMPEROR JONES,” 1933.
  Gelatin silver contact print.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Bequest of Edward Steichen by direction of Joanna T. Steichen.
• William N. Jennings (American, b. England, 1860–1946).
  FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF LIGHTNING, ca. 1885.
  Gelatin silver print.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Gift of 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley.
• The Museum’s 2006 motion picture preservation of Bela Lugosi in DAUGHTERS WHO PAY, Banner Productions, 1925.
  George Eastman House collections.
• Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965).
  [Judy Garland], 1945. Color print, Carbro assembly process.
  George Eastman House collections.
  Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray.
• The Museum’s 2004 motion picture preservation of THE BIG PARADE, MGM, 1925.
  George Eastman House collections. Courtesy Warner Bros. Inc.

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• travelling radio by jr
• Peace of Mind by Finniston
• Celeste by Mark Allender

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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Photo Credits:

All photographs are © Ross Whitaker with the exception of the photographs of Abraham Lincoln.

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HALF-LENGTH, SEATED by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-8813
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BUST, LAST PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT, by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-8812
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS PORTRAIT, FACING FRONT by Alexander Gardner (1821-1882). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-13016
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT, STANDING, FACING LEFT by Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-B8171 -1321
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS PORTRAIT, FACING SLIGHTLY LEFT, photographer unknown. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ6-2064
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT, SEATED, FACING RIGHT by Anthony Berger. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USP6-2415-A
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Gertrude Kasebier (1852-1934). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC- K21-57

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• I THOUGHT IF YOU HEARD THIS by Commander Keen
• BEGINNING by Golden Pastime

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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.

PHOTO CREDITS:

• All Photographs are from the George Eastman House travelling exhibition SEEING OURSELVES except for the portrait of Alison Nordstrom, © 2007 Ross Whitaker.
• HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN by Victor Keppler (1904-1987). NEG.38602 1977:0292:0011
• CANYON DE CHELLY, ARIZONA by Ansel Adams (1902–1984). George Eastman House Collection © 2007 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
• ITALIAN FAMILY LOOKING FOR LOST BAGGAGE – ELLIS ISLAND by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940). GEH NEG:3982
• THE OCTOPUS, NEW YORK, 1912 by Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966). 1967:0144:0289
• THE STEERAGE by Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946). NEG.287961974:0052:0064A
• DICK GREGORY WITH MLK [MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.] NEW POLITICS CONVENTION, CHICAGO, ILL. by Benedict J. Fernandez (b. 1936). 1991:3004:0004
• BABE RUTH by Nickolas Muray (1892-1965). 1977:0188:2448C
• ICE CLIFF OF CRILLON GLACIER, ALASKA by Bradford Washburn (b. 1910). 1991:0562:0007
• A MOTHER AND HER SON AT HER HOME IN BED STY IN BROOKLYN by Eli Reed (b. 1946). 2004:0735:0013
• NAUTILUS by Edward Weston (1886-1958). NEG.37473 1970:0162:0003
• YOUNG RUSSIAN JEWESS, ELLIS ISLAND by Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940). NEG.7290 1977:0177:0148
• A HARVEST OF DEATH, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. by Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840-1882). NEG.9030 1981:2858:0036
• SOLDIERS’ PORTRAITS—RECEIVED AT DEAD LETTER OFFICE ca. 1864 by an Unidentified Maker. 1985:1095:0001-36
• REACHING OUT, THE DMZ (DURING THE AFTERMATH OF THE TAKING OF HILL 484, SOUTH VIETNAM) by Larry Burrows (1926-1971). 1987:0390:0001
• TERROR OF WAR by Nick Ut (b. 1951).
• OLD GLORY GOES UP ON MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA by Joe Rosenthal (b. 1911). 1981:1678:0001
• PENTAGON DEMONSTRATION, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 1967 by Benedict J. Fernandez (b. 1936). 96:0350:0008
• LONE PINE PEAK, MT. WHITNEY, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA by Ansel Adams (1902-1984). NEG.10294 1967:0123:0024
• MIGRANT MOTHER, NIPOMO, CALIFORNIA by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965).
• ADA MACGREGOR AND HER SQUASH: LACROSSE, WISCONSIN by Jim Stone (b. 1947). 1986:0303:0003
• MAGNOLIA BUD By Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976). NEG.24534 1977:0760:0021

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• El Chupacabra by Anna Coogan and North19
• Winter & War by Amun Ra
• Tom’s Groove by jr