Join us monthly for our signature lecture series (previously known as Focus 45).
Events in this Series
ONLINE—In Focus: Digitizing Alden Scott Boyer's Legacy
In Focus: At this virtual talk, go behind the scenes with Boyer Collection Project Cataloger Lilyan Jones and Photographer Mireya Salinas as they highlight key portions of this collection of over 10,000 objects and discuss their experiences with handling, cataloguing, and digitizing its rare and delicate objects.
ONLINE—Focus 45: Not Just Cameras
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.
ONLINE—Focus 45: A Photographic Truth
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.”
ONLINE—Spirit Photography: History and Creation
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.
ONLINE—Ken Fox: New Directions in the Menschel Library
Take a rare peek inside the special collections vaults of the museum's Richard and Ronay Menschel Library with Head of Library and Archives Ken Fox.
ONLINE—Focus 45: A History of Photography Commemorating Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification, which granted American women the right to vote, this presentation examines how photography has portrayed, and fundamentally shaped, perceptions of women and feminist movements since the mid-1800s.