George Eastman Museum

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

For the past several decades, photographer Eugene Richards (American, b. 1944) has explored complicated subjects, including racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, the American family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. His style is unflinching yet poetic, his photographs deeply rooted in the texture of lived experience. In his wide range of photographs, writings, and moving image works, he involves his audience in the lives of people in ways that are challenging, lyrical, melancholy, and beautiful. Ultimately, his works illuminate aspects of humanity that might otherwise be overlooked. For the exhibition, we asked Eugene Richards to share stories behind some of the photographs featured in his retrospective.

Since the invention of photography was first announced to the public in 1839, architectural photography has been one of the medium’s most popular genres. Join William Green, curatorial assistant in the Department of Photography, for a discussion of the architectural photographs featured in the most recent installation of objects in the museum’s History of Photography Gallery.

The worldwide transition to digital cinema exhibition has left few opportunities to learn and practice motion picture projection skills. As a teaching institution that promotes film exhibition and excellence in archival projection standards, however, the George Eastman Museum is known internationally as a leader in this field. Film Technician Tim Wagner will discuss the important role of the Moving Image Department and the L. Jeffrey School of Film Preservation in teaching the next generation of projectionists, including the forthcoming projection manual to be published by the Eastman Museum.

In the early 1990s, digital photography emerged from the Kodak laboratories as a high-end consumer product, the Kodak Digital Camera System (DCS). Partnering with the Associated Press in 1994, Eastman Kodak Company helped to make the digital single-reflex (DSLR) camera the industry standard, and a decade later, DSLR camera sales eclipsed those of their film counterparts. Todd Gustavson, curator of the technology collection, will discuss this milestone achievement in image-making technology. Select DCS cameras are on view in the History of Photography Gallery.

Jesse Peers, archivist for the George Eastman Legacy Collection, has spent the last three years cataloging 155 boxes of George Eastman’s correspondences. For the first time, a complete index of every letter Eastman ever sent or received has been created. In this recording, Peers discusses his most interesting and surprising finds from his work on the project.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.

For the exhibition, A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, we asked artists to answer a question: Is your personal connection to digital images the same as it is to photographic prints? These were shared through our audio tour as part of the exhibition. Lisa Hostetler, the curator of the exhibition and curator in charge of the Department of Photography introduces the audio.