George Eastman House announces roster for annual travel photography lecture series 'Wish You Were Here'

Series features Bollywood, Travelogues of Burton Holmes, Canadian mining belt, Mexico's Day of the Dead festival, and America though the eyes of David Plowden

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The seventh annual "Wish You Were Here" travel photography lecture series at George Eastman House brings celebrated artists — including world-renowned photographer David Plowden and Newsweek photographer Jonathan Torgovnik — to the Dryden Theatre to share a plethora of images and stories from India, Canada, and Mexico, as well as photographs of people and places that define the American landscape.

6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27
Photographer Jonathan Torgovnik
Bollywood Dreams
Jonathan Torgovnik is a contract photographer for Newsweek and educator at the International Center of Photography School in New York City. He has traveled through India for more than a decade documenting the phenomenon of India's film industry, known worldwide as Bollywood.

6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18
Arhivist Genoa Caldwell
The Travelogues of Burton Holmes
Burton Holmes (1870-1958) coined the term "travelogue" as he photographed the world, shooting 30,000 photographs and nearly a half-million feet of film. His work provided the inspiration for Lowell ThomasÕ Movietone News Reels shown in theaters across the United States. Caldwell is an archivist of the Burton Holmes photo collection in Seattle and editor of two books on Holmes' photography.

6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25
Photographer David Plowden
Vanishing Point: 50 Years in Photography
For the past half century, David Plowden has photographed a disappearing America — from steam trains to farmlands, big cities to small towns Ñ providing a record of the past and a glimpse of the future. An educator at Grand Valley State University in Michigan for almost three decades, his photographs have appeared in more than 70 books and periodicals and are held in nearly 20 collections across the country.

6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1
Photographer Denis Defibaugh
Day of the Dead
Since 1993, Denis Defibaugh has documented the Day of the Dead festival in Oaxaca, Mexico, where locals believe that the souls of the dead return every year for a 24-hour visit, and welcome them with decorated altars, food, and gifts. Defibaugh is a Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor and Fulbright Scholar who has conducted photographic workshops and courses worldwide.

2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11
Documentary Photographer Louie Palu
Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt
For 12 years Louie Palu has photographed the hard rock mining region in North Ontario and Quebec, Canada, documenting the lives of miners and learning firsthand the social issues associated with mining. After graduating from the Ontario College of Art, Toronto native Palu interned with documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark in New York City and worked as a staff photojournalist for Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail.

The artists will sign copies of their books immediately following their lectures (books are available at the Eastman House Store). Each lecture is included with museum admission: $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens; $5 for students; $3 for children 5 to 12; and free to members. For information, visit eastmanhouse.org or call (585) 271-3361 ext. 218

This series is generously supported by George Eastman House member Thomas N. Tischer.

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