Photography and America’s National Parks

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the formation of the National Park Service, George Eastman Museum presents Photography and America’s National Parks, an exhibition that highlights photography’s past and present role in the development of America’s National Parks. For more than 150 years, photographs of these vast spaces have helped us view and understand these landscapes, from Yosemite to the most recent addition of Pinnacles National Park.

Photography and America’s National Parks features images of many of the current 59 national parks. It begins by tracing the photographic history of Yosemite, exploring historic works by nineteenth-century photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge as well as modernist and contemporary photographers like Ansel Adams and Binh Dahn. Next, the exhibition explores the role photography played within the land conservation movement. Finally, a group of works will be included by photographers revisiting established views to mimic prior photographers’ works, demonstrating the changes or lack of change in the landscape

Photography and America’s National Parks will bring together photographs from the George Eastman House collection to illuminate this history, delighting viewers with both historical information and beautiful photographs.

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