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Artists, Educators, and Curators on L.A. and Photography

By Willard Huyck | Published: June 5, 2014
George Baker, professor of art history at UCLA, offering the keynote address. On screen: photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron
George Baker, professor of art history at UCLA, offering the keynote address. On screen: photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron

Photography turned 175 this year. Audio and recaps from the special celebratory symposium. More»

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Show Us Your #VictorianPose

By Sarah Waldorf | Published: March 12, 2014
#Victorian Pose

Look judgy and flash your monocle! The #VictorianPose sweepstakes is here. More»

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Windows Around Us

By Sarah Waldorf | Published: November 15, 2013
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A closer look at the windows that frame our world, on social media and IRL. More»

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Posted in Art, Conservation, Getty Conservation Institute, Photographs, Film, and Video, Publications, Research

Getty Conservation Institute Releases Critical New Resource for Conserving Historic Photographs

By Melissa Abraham | Published: September 19, 2013
An early carbon photograph by Adolphe Brown, Two Girls (detail), date unknown. Private collection.
An early carbon photograph by Adolphe Brown, Two Girls (detail), date unknown. Private collection

This new digital publication offers science-based tools to identify how photographs were made. More»

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Getty Voices: Preserving the Photographs of the Middle East

By Natali De Corso | Published: September 16, 2013
Cairo
© Fouad Debbas Collection

Training a new generation of museum professionals to preserve the rich photographs collections of the Middle East. More»

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Posted in Art, Exhibitions and Installations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Photographs, Film, and Video

Simultaneous Viewing and Ray Metzker’s Composites

By Arpad Kovacs | Published: November 1, 2012
Chicago / Ray K. Metzker
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.1966. © Ray K. Metzker

The exhibition The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design in the Center for Photographs charts the five-decade-long career of Philadelphia-based photographer Ray K. Metzker and offers a context for his visual aesthetic through a selection of works by founding members and influential students of Chicago’s Institute of Design. More»

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Together American

By Sarah Waldorf | Published: July 4, 2012
Dorothea Lange, American, 1942 Gelatin silver print 7 15/16 x 12 in. 2000.52.1

The Fourth of July is a holiday of celebration, but also of reflection. During World War II, Dorothea Lange created a series of poignant photographs depicting the internment of Japanese Americans. Uprooted, these families could only take what they could… More»

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High School Students Explore Photojournalism with Sudharak Olwe

By Steve Saldivar | Published: November 19, 2010
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Don’t call Sudharak Olwe a teacher. When the photojournalist from India met with a class from Venice High School at the Getty Center to discuss technique and creativity in photography, he turned the gathering from a workshop into a conversation…. More»

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      Ewer, Chinese porcelain 1662 - 1722, French mounts 1700 - 1710. J. Paul Getty Museum.
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