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Once a simple wooden box with a primitive lens and cap for controlling light, the camera has undergone enormous change since its invention nearly two hundred years ago. Advancements such as flexible film stocks, built-in light meters, motor drives, and microchips transformed the way the camera captures and preserves a moment in time. This exhibition features a wide selection of historic cameras, including the first mass-market digital camera, which helped usher in a new era for photography.
Selected Works
Daguerreotype/Wet-Plate Camera, about 1851, maker unknown; wood, brass, and glass. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Gloria and Stanley Fishfader
Self-Portrait Preparing a Collodion Plate, 1856-1859, Captain Horatio Ross, albumen silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Mammoth Plate Wet-Collodion Camera, 1874-1885, August Semmendinger; wood, metal, fabric, and glass. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift in memory of Beaumont Newhall
Self-Portrait with a Camera, 1932, Man Ray, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP
Kodak Bantam Special, 1936, Eastman Kodak Company; metal, enamel, and glass. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Gloria and Stanley Fishfader
Self-Portrait with Grandchildren in a Funhouse, 1955, Imogen Cunningham, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Imogen Cunningham Trust
Polaroid SX-70, 1972, Polaroid Corporation; metal, plastic, leather, and glass. Private collection
Mirror Study, 2016, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, pigment print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Events
Sun
Sep 15
2019
Fun in the Sun: Photography Workshop11 am - 2:30 pm
Sun
Sep 22
2019
Fun in the Sun: Photography Workshop11 am - 2:30 pm
Sun
Oct 6
2019
Fun in the Sun: Photography Workshop11 am - 2:30 pm
EXHIBITION RESOURCES
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