Artist Abelardo Morell's work has quite literally been a reflection of nature, often using glass, lenses, and mirrors to make abstractions of his subject matter. Join us for the start of our Wish You Were Here series as Morell discusses a range of his projects throughout his extensive career.
Process Historian Mark Osterman will demonstrate how light can be manipulated and used for photography and share the basics of optics that were foundational in the invention of photography.
James Welling emerged as an artist in the 1970s with the Pictures Generation. Since then, he has become internationally renowned for his exploration of photographic techniques, processes, practices, and history.
Nineteenth-century spirit photographs continue to delight and amuse us. But why and now were these photographs made? Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth and Associate Curator Heather A. Shannon use objects in the museum's collection to dive into these questions.
For this first panel, Alejandro Cartagena, Sean McFarland, and Will Wilson will discuss the ways their work engages with environmental issues, including pollution and climate change.
Experiments in silver chloride date to the eighteenth century, but the chemistry was not fully understood until William Henry Fox Talbot conducted tests in the 1830s. In this virtual talk, Process Historian Mark Osterman will share what Talbot built upon and then perfected.
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is an award-winning documentary photographer whose work functions as a tool for activism, fighting oppression, and liberation.
At first glance, photographs seem like records that don’t lie. In this informative and humorous lecture, process historian Mark Osterman demonstrates that photography has always had a challenging relationship with “the truth.”
The Eastman Museum, fivebyfive, and Marc Webster explore the intersection of art and music in this virtual program inspired by the Eastman Museum’s current exhibition James Welling: Choreograph.
For this second panel, Sharon Harper, Nick Marshall, Penelope Umbrico, and Byron Wolfe will discuss how clouds have informed their thinking about the nature of photography.
In this live presentation, Process Historian Mark Osterman will show examples of early negative retouching.
Will Wilson will be joined by professor Janet Berlo and associate curator Heather A. Shannon to discuss the cultural and social implications of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation and the way they inform his artistic production.
The Eastman Museum's technology collection holds more than 17,000 objects, including rare papers, film, packaging supplies, manuals, and early objects related to developing and printing.
