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    In Focus: Electric!

    April 5–August 28, 2016

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    After Electric Dress A Positive 4

    After Electric Dress A Positive 4, negatives, 2001; prints, 2002, Kunié Sugiura, gelatin silver prints, toned. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © Kunié Sugiura

  • Neon Signs

    Neon Signs, 1930s, Jaromír Funke, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum

  • Telephone Wires, Prague

    Telephone Wires, Prague, 1922-23, Jaroslav Rössler, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Sylva Vítová-Rösslerová

  • Electric Company Basement

    Electric Company Basement, 1930s, André Kertész, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Estate of André Kertész

  • Mt. Fuji from a Train, Near Fujinomiya,

    Mt. Fuji from a Train, Near Fujinomiya, 1955, Gen Otsuka, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Gift of Masako Otsuka. © Masako Otsuka

  • Testing Synchronized Flash Powder

    Testing Synchronized Flash Powder, 1920, George Watson, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © The Watson Family Photo Collection

  • Plate from the book The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy

    Plate from the book The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy, 1876, Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, albumen silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum

  • disCONNEXION #a5

    disCONNEXION #a5, 2005, Danwen Xing, chromogenic print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Danwen Xing

In Focus: Electric!

April 5–August 28, 2016, Getty Center

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Electrical innovations have radically transformed the rhythm of our days and our experience of darkness. Although we often take electricity for granted until we are temporarily without it, photographers have long been attentive to its effects. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition highlights historic photographs that register the allure of artificial illumination, as well as more recent artworks that express unease about life tethered to the grid.

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Curator’s Gallery Tour

Mazie Harris, assistant curator of photographs, leads a gallery tour of the exhibition. Free; no ticket required. Meet under the stairs in the Entrance Hall.
Tuesdays, April 19 and August 16, 2:30 p.m.
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Collection Spotlight Talk

Explore an example of artificial illumination in photography during this 15-minute talk. Free; no ticket required. Meet at the Information Desk.
Daily, Tuesday, May 3 – Sunday, May 29, 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
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