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October 24, 2006–February 25, 2007 at the Getty Center

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Curators' Gallery Talks

Getty Museum curators lead one-hour gallery talks on the exhibition. No sign-up needed; meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Judith Keller, associate curator, Department of Photographs
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 1:30 p.m.

Anne Lacoste, assistant curator, Department of Photographs
Thursday, January 25, 2007, 2:30 p.m.

Gallery Course

America in Color
Join Getty Museum educators on a journey through the history of color photography and its influence on depictions of life in America in the 20th century. Explore the colors of America through the works of over 20 influential photographers in the exhibition.

Course fee $30; $20 students/seniors. Open to 30 participants. Please call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.
Saturdays, January 13 & 20, 2007, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Getty Research Institute Lecture Hall and Museum Galleries, Getty Center

Artists' Panel Discussion

Where We Live: A Discussion with Four Photographers

Photographers William Christenberry, Karen Halverson, Alex Harris, and Camilo José Vergara discuss aspects of their work in the exhibition.

Sunday, November 12, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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Hear collector Bruce Berman discuss his approach to collecting and listen to artists William Christenberry, William Eggleston, Mitch Epstein, Karen Halverson, Sheron Rupp, and Camilo José Vergara share the ideas behind their photography. Pick up an audio player in the Museum Entrance Hall.

 
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Lectures

Extraordinary Days: The Berman Collection of Photographs
National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez explores how the Berman collection brings us to one of art's most potent intersections, the place where the seemingly ordinary event or object transcends our expectations. What appears to be common is suddenly nothing of the sort. When we cross the portal into this sort of work, we open up to the extraordinary dimensions of our ordinary lives.

Sunday, October 29, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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Being a Photographer
John Szarkowski, director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from 1962 to 1991 and an accomplished photographer, speaks about his life and work as a photographer—its difficulties, frustrations, and confusions and its inconstant and equivocal rewards.

Thursday, November 2, 2006 7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

Performances

Selected Shorts
Selected Shorts returns with a weekend of stories that evoke American life as seen from the road. Produced by New York's Symphony Space, the annual series features actors from stage, screen, and television reading classic and new short fiction.

Tickets $20; $15 students/seniors. Please call (310) 440-7300 for tickets.
Friday, February 9, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 10, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 11, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center

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