Current Exhibits

Conscience The Ultimate Weapon A new interpretation of the 1968 Eastman House exhibition featuring civil rights and Vietnam-era photography by Benedict J. Fernandez. More than 800 photographs are part of Conscience: The Ultimate Weapon, being presented during the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy.... Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Sunday, June 1, 2008 View Details

Larry Towell: The World From My Front Porch In celebration of three decades of photojournalism, George Eastman House presents a multi-media retrospective exhibition of work by the photographer Larry Towell, featuring photographs, writings, and audio recordings of original spoken words and music performances. Through an intimate perspective, Towell has captured scenes from the many political and geographical conflicts of the last thirty years... Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Sunday, June 15, 2008 View Details

Facing the Other Half George Eastman House presents three displays of photographs by four of the greatest documentary photographers in history — Lewis Wickes Hine, John Thomson, Dorothea Lange, and Marion Post Wolcott. More than 50 photographs will be presented collectively under the title Facing the Other Half — Hine’s photographic idictments of child labor; depictions of Depression-era landscapes and people, crafted by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers Lange and Post Wolcott; and the streets of Victorian London through Thomson’s lens. The images will be on view March 8 through June 15, 2008, as part of Eastman House’s exhibition series Loss/Hope. Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Sunday, June 15, 2008 View Details

Black in America: Eli Reed A visual compilation harvested from life-enriching travel, astute observation, and creative photography. With persistence and dedication, Magnum photographer Eli Reed pursued what he describes as a “self-assigned” project to translate artistically his encounters with Black Americans from all walks of life, in communities from across the United States... Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Sunday, June 29, 2008 View Details

Machines of Memory: Cameras from the Technology Collection "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 North 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. Sunday, May 1, 2005 - Friday, January 1, 2010 View Details