Almost since its invention, the camera has been used to record the most difficult aspects of the human condition: war and its aftermath, genocide, and famine. Today's barrage of images on television, in newspapers, and online reminds us that things persist in the present as much as in the past.

Know War, on display Jan. 20 through April 22, 2007, is an exhibition drawn entirely from George Eastman House’s collections, depicting war from 1855 to the present, featuring iconic images from the Civil War to recent images from Afghanistan. This exhibition showcases masterpieces by Margaret Bourke-White, David Douglas Duncan, Joseph Koudelka, Susan Meiselas, Louie Palu, and others.

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Part of the Eastman House series titled “Witness: Know War/Know Genocide,” a series of exhibitions and programs that address the role of photographs in our personal and collective experience of such dark times. Join us in exploring how photography and photographs make us all witnesses to world events.