Tagged with "photography"
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The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr.
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by Jim Spadaccini Published May 08 2007
The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. was developed with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and College of Educations Technology & Education Center (TEC) at the University of...
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Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book
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by Ellen Williams Published December 16 2008
Vast expanses of white greet the visitor to the Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (through Feb. 9, 2009) - - 20 white walls, white frames, off-white mat board, white paper. An occasional black leather...
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Catherine Opie: American Photographer
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by Danielle Linzer Published January 08 2009
While each individual photographic series on view in "Catherine Opie: American Photographer" at New York's Guggenheim Museum is compelling on its own, together they comprise a unique and powerful exploration of community and identity. From her...
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Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants
Case Study
by Angela Roberts Published June 17 2009
The "Hidden Life of Ants" is a temporary exhibition on view through October 2009 that asks: What if we could see into the world of ants on their level? What would we learn? What parallels could we draw between them and us? We wanted to reveal their...
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Exploring the Arctic Seafloor: Photographs by Chris Linder
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by Chris Linder Published August 07 2009
Embark on an expedition to the bottom of an ice-covered ocean thirty photographs and other media take you on an icebreaking ship through the frozen Arctic world, and give you a first-ever look at mysterious undersea mountains near the North...
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Leonard Nimoy: Secret Selves
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by Sarah Brockway Published December 30 2010
Monday arrived for a trek out to MASS MoCA! The three hour drive west to the Berkshires of Massachusetts is worth the unique experiences within the re-purposed factory buildings which house the museum. This visit did not disappoint. Secret Selves...
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Water: Our Thirsty World
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by Maraya Cornell Published June 22 2010
The salient impression I had when I visited the Annenberg Space for Photography for the first time was that it doesn't provide a lot of space for photography. By photography, I mean still images captured on film and rendered on some static medium, such...
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Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore
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by Rebecca Sinel Published December 30 2010
The Jewish Museum of Maryland and the two synagogues on either side of it stand on a small side street off of Lombard, a street lined with run-down and vacant buildings. After my friend and I were warmly welcomed at the museum’s front desk, we were...
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A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey
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by Katherine Whitney Published November 30 2011
On a recent day off from school I lured my 10-year-old son to Oakland Museum of California’s exhibit A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir’s Journey. This ambitious exhibition sets out to cover a lot of bases, but my interest was how well it...