From: eugene@briar.lle.rochester.edu (Eugene Kowaluk)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: International Museum of Photography
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:37:53 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester Computing Center


For those who expressed an interest, below is an update on the
 
        International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House
        (900 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14607-2298, 716-271-3361)
 
I'm in the galleries giving talks/tours on most Sunday afternoons.
If you need directions or have specific questions, please email me.
 
 
 NOTEWORTHY
 
  Oct 24     Presentation of
 
                George Eastman Award for Distinguished
                Contribution to the Art of film
 
             to Audrey Hepburn.
 
 
 CURRENT EXHIBITS
 
  to Oct  4  "Legend and Legacy: Ansel Adams and 19th Century Landscape
             Photographers" (Brackett Clark Gallery)
 
             Over 100 original prints from our collections, including 30 photos
             by six 19th-cent photogs whom Adams admired: George Fiske, John K.
             Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Andrew J.
             Russell, and Carleton E. Watkins.  
 
 
  to Oct 31  "Three Days in Moscow: The August Putsch" (Potter Peristyle)
           
             140 B&W and 20 color prints taken by Russian Union of Art
             Photographers during the coup attempt.
 
 
  to Nov 29  "Chicanismo: Photographs by Louis Carlos Bernal" (South Gallery)
 
             B&W and color prints by a photographer who worked with Adams
             and who used the zone system in his color photography.
 
 
  to Nov 29  "Selling Them big: United Artists Film Posters (1951-1981)"
 
             Posters from our collection.
 
 
 UPCOMING EXHIBITS
 
  Jul 17, 92 "Language of Light; Masterworks from the Collection"
  -Oct 4, 93 (Brackett Clark Gallery)
 
             This selection spans the history of the photographic medium,
             providing a glimpse into the richness of the Museum's 
             photographic collections, including apparatus, images,
      

 RECENT ACQUISITION
 
  to Nov 1   William Eggleston (Potter Peristyle)
 
 
 PERMANENT EXHIBITS
 
 "Enhancing the Illusion: The Origins and Progress of Photography"
        (Mees Gallery)
 
        Over one thousand cameras, from the earliest to the latest,
        including Daguerre's, Steigletz's, Adams's Brownie, and
        Rosenthal's Graflex; also Leaf Picture system which downloads
        all the photographs that go to newspaper editors nationwide,
        laser-disc access of entire holdings, and Kodak's Photo CD system.
 
 "A Picture-Perfect Restoration: George Eastman's House and Gardens"
        (West Galleries, 2nd floor)
 
        Photographs tracing history and development of Eastman's urban
        estate from 1902 to the present.
 
 "George Eastman in Focus" (East Galleries, 2nd floor)
 
        Everything you always wanted about George Eastman and more.
 
 "Historical Timeline of Photo Imaging" (Colonnade)
 
        Chronological history of imaging.
 
 "Red-Haired, Racy, and Raucous: The "It" Girl's Saturday Night"
        (Curtis Lobby Gallery)
 
        Clara Bow in colored photographs.
 

 RESOURCES
 
 Discovery Room, x238 (weekends, 1-4 for walk-ins; T-S 10-12 for schools)
 
        A hands-on activity area. Trained volunteers demonstrate
        photographic activities for visitors of all ages.
 
 
 Education Dept. Reading Room, x238 (T-F)
 
        Offers free resource materials to members, educators, and students.
 
        
 Gannett Photographic Study Center, x459 (T-F, 10-12, 1-4; appt only)
 
        Access to print collections numbering over 600,000
 

 Film Study Center, x327 (by appt)
 
        Access to films & film still collections, numbering over 12,000 films
        and over 3,000,000 stills
 
 
 Menschel Library, x313 (T-F, 10-12, 1-4:30)
 
        Access to over 35,000 volumes & 440 current subscriptions.
 
 
 Museum Shop, (open during museum hours)
 
        collection-related items.
 
 
 TOURS
 
  galleries  Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, 1:15, 2:15
  mansion    Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30 and 2:00; Sunday 2:00, 3:00
  gardens    Saturdays, 1:15
 
 
 MUSICALS
 
  Sundays, 3:00 (Eastman School of Music students and others)


 TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
 
        "Michael A. Smith: A Visual Journey"
        Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania (Oct 3 - Jan 3)
 
        "Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife"
        Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, Alabama (Sep 18 - Nov 1)
 
        "A Trip to the Movies: Georges Melies, Filmmaker and Magician
        (1861-1938)"
        Le Giomate del Cinema Muto, Gemona, Italy (Oct 10-31)
 
        "Women Photographers in Camera Work"
        Museums at Stonybrook, Stonybrook, New York (Nov 22-Feb 28)
 
  

Enjoy.


-eugene kowaluk