Current Exhibitions
»Machines of Memory: Cameras from the Technology Collection
From May 5, 2005 through January 1, 2011 in the North Gallery.
"All the things the public most wants to see from the technology collection," that’s how Technology Curator Todd Gustavson describes Machines of Memory, the exhibition in the Mees Gallery. The much-anticipated display includes a variety of photographic highlights from camera obscuras through digital imaging designed to show the evolution of photography as well as it’s revolutions.
»What We're Collecting Now: The Family Photographed
From September 5, 2009 through June 30, 2010 in the Brackett–Clark Annex.
This gallery represents the family in forms ranging from 19th-century vernacular to the contemporary art of Nicholas Nixon and Sally Mann. Viewers will be encouraged to understand this work in the context of their own families and the role of family in Rochester past and present.
»How Do We Look?
From February 15, 2010 through March 14, 2010 in the Entrance Gallery.
This display offers a view of Rochester from three internationally renowned photographers, who were commissioned to travel to Rochester to photograph its people and places in August and September. Subjects include “Black In Rochester,” multi-generational Kodak families, and Rochester’s music scene. The photographers are Pep Bonet, Kristen Ashburn, and Magnum photographer Eli Reed.
»Roger Ballen: Photographs 1982-2009
From February 27, 2010 through June 6, 2010 in the Brackett–Clark Gallery.
This winter George Eastman House presents an exhibition of photographs by contemporary, and often controversial, artist Roger Ballen. The 74 black-and-white images of this mini-retrospective, titled Roger Ballen: Photographs 1982-2009, will be on display Feb. 27-June 6, 2010. Eastman House will travel the exhibition worldwide following its Rochester run.
»Portrait
From February 27, 2010 through December 31, 2012 in the South Gallery.
Portrait explores the photographic medium through a variety of seminal images. Including photographic processes from the earliest daguerreotypes to the most recent digital works, this selection from the Museum’s collection will allow the viewer to explore how the medium has evolved and follow the representation of personality, mood, and likeness.