Reflections: Carolyn Peter on Hippolyte Bayard
A curator muses about the alchemy of early photography and its relationship to her home garden.
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Before the War: The Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California
The J. Paul Getty Museum recently acquired a collection of nearly lost photographs assembled by collector Dennis Reed over the course of 35 years
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Kate Millett’s Naked Lady on the Los Angeles Woman’s Building Roof
Recently digitized images show collaboration and joy in the making of the 1970’s feminist sculpture
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Thinking outside the Boxing Ring: A Journey through 500 Photos
How a tattoo helped identify a boxer and catalogue a collection
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‘What Good Is a Dream House?’
Photographer Julius Shulman and the 1970s domestic interior
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An Enduring Friendship and the Legacy of a Pioneering Artist
A new Getty photograph acquisition reveals early digital art by Tadao Takano.
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Reflections: Mazie Harris on Walker Evans
Hear a curator discuss the unexpected poignancy of laundry drying.
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The Artist’s View through the Window
How artists have been inspired by a glimpse outside.
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Photography Fundamentals for the Creative Teenager
All you need is a smartphone and some time to learn the basics.
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Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds: Art and Our Sense of Time
With time on our minds, we explore how artists have approached the subject for thousands of years
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Capturing a Killer: True Crime and Photography
Why are photographers drawn to crime scenes?
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Going Platinum: A Rare Photographic Process Now on View
A new show at the Getty Center highlights the art of platinum photography from the 1800s to today.
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