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Sep05 | Intelligent Design |
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Sep26 | Lisa Oppenheim |
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Sep26 | And Howe! |
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Sep26 | Lewis Baltz |
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Sep26 | Smoke and Mirrors |
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Oct01 | Off the Grid & (-Americans) |
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Oct10 | Joshua Tree Exhibition |
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Oct15 | The End of Film |
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Dec06 | 3D Holiday Cards |
2010
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Feb06 | Closing Reception |
The End of Film
The Brief History of Digital Cameras 1987-2009
October 15, 2009 - January 30, 2010
The incredible transformation of photographic technology during the last 20 years recapitulates at an exponential scale what had occurred during photography’s previous 163-year history. From 1826 to 1989 the camera was transformed from a bulky device to a smartly designed, handheld image recorder. Light-sensitive media changed from silver plate or fragile glass to sheet and roll film. Advances in photochemistry allowed film to record more information and to capture color. Advances in lens design produced tack sharp lenses and zoom optics. Other technologies made possible reflex viewing, motor drives, electronic flash, and auto-focus. These changes repositioned an invention that began on the margins of society into a medium that occupied the center of modern communication, journalism, and social interaction. Br>
This exhibition represents the second in a series of presentations of the riches of David Whitmire Hearst Jr.’s extraordinary, encyclopedic camera collection. The first exhibition, Leica & Hasselblad, explored the two most precision-made handheld cameras of the 20th century, cameras that captured many of the iconic images of the modern world. But the film cameras that defined the last century began to be replaced at the turn of the 21st century with a new device for recording optical reality, a device that has now become the primary visual recording instrument of our time: the digital camera.
Selections from the David Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation Collection
Website Available | Additional PDF Download Available
UCR/California Museum of Photography
UCR/California Museum of Photography is located at 3824 Main Street, on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Riverside, California. Regular Gallery and Museum Store hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12 PM to 5 PM. Admission is $3 for the general public and free to members, students and seniors. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. UCR/CMP offers guided educational tours to groups of 10 or more. Guided tours must be scheduled in advance and are appropriate for adults and grades 7-12; a nominal scheduling fee of $35 is charged. Waiver of the fee will be considered for groups with special needs. For more information, please call our 24-hour info line: 951.784.FOTO or visit http://www.cmp.ucr.edu on the World Wide Web.
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The Brief History of Digital Cameras 1987-2009
October 15, 2009 - January 30, 2010
The incredible transformation of photographic technology during the last 20 years recapitulates at an exponential scale what had occurred during photography’s previous 163-year history. From 1826 to 1989 the camera was transformed from a bulky device to a smartly designed, handheld image recorder. Light-sensitive media changed from silver plate or fragile glass to sheet and roll film. Advances in photochemistry allowed film to record more information and to capture color. Advances in lens design produced tack sharp lenses and zoom optics. Other technologies made possible reflex viewing, motor drives, electronic flash, and auto-focus. These changes repositioned an invention that began on the margins of society into a medium that occupied the center of modern communication, journalism, and social interaction. Br>
This exhibition represents the second in a series of presentations of the riches of David Whitmire Hearst Jr.’s extraordinary, encyclopedic camera collection. The first exhibition, Leica & Hasselblad, explored the two most precision-made handheld cameras of the 20th century, cameras that captured many of the iconic images of the modern world. But the film cameras that defined the last century began to be replaced at the turn of the 21st century with a new device for recording optical reality, a device that has now become the primary visual recording instrument of our time: the digital camera.
Selections from the David Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation Collection
Website Available | Additional PDF Download Available
UCR/California Museum of Photography
UCR/California Museum of Photography is located at 3824 Main Street, on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Riverside, California. Regular Gallery and Museum Store hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12 PM to 5 PM. Admission is $3 for the general public and free to members, students and seniors. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. UCR/CMP offers guided educational tours to groups of 10 or more. Guided tours must be scheduled in advance and are appropriate for adults and grades 7-12; a nominal scheduling fee of $35 is charged. Waiver of the fee will be considered for groups with special needs. For more information, please call our 24-hour info line: 951.784.FOTO or visit http://www.cmp.ucr.edu on the World Wide Web.
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