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IMAGE (1979. vol 22. issue 3.)
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Recent Acquisitions: Works of Edward Steichen….1
Unsigned article describes the donation of roughly 1,500 Edward Steichen photographs by his widow Joanna to the George Eastman House and a major exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of Steichen’s birth curated by Marianne Margolis.
Gabriel Harrison— The Poetic Daguerrean….8
Multi-talented Harrison practiced daguerreotypy during the 1840s and 50s working for John Plumbe, M. M. Lawrence, and later as co-owner of a Brooklyn studio. He was one of the first practitioners to explore the artistic potential of the medium and his skills were widely recognized by his peers.
History in Words and History in Photographs….19
Davis uses an album in the George Eastman House collection containing seventy-five photographs of Samoa and Fiji as a case study to analyze how photographs function as historical documents in relation to written history.
Recent Acquisitions: Film Stills from the Twenties….27
Six images selected from over 7,000 film stills from MGM and its antecedent companies donated by the United Artists Corporation demonstrate that early film advertising closely resembled existing circus, theatrical, and vaudeville advertising.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Meinwald, Dan, Co-editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 22 Number : 3 Date : September, 1979
IMAGE (1998. vol 41. issue 1–2.)
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5….A LETTER FROM GEORGE FISHER Chairman of the Board of Eastman Kodak
Brief introduction to the international Kodak Cultural Program at photokina in Cologne where George Eastman House was invited to display four of its exhibitions this year.
6….ALFRED [sic] LANGDON COBURN: Color Foto Interview with Karl Steinorth
A star of photokina 1998: Alvin Langdon Coburn
Interview with Karl Steinorth on the first solo exhibition in Germany of Alvin Langdon Coburn’s work.
8….COBURN PORTFOLIO
Eleven Coburn photographs reproduced.
16….COBURN AS COLLECTOR by Anthony Bannon
Brief overview of Coburn’s photography collection which included works by Julia Margaret Cameron, Hill and Adamson, Dr. Thomas Keith, and Lewis Carroll.
18….EDWARD STEICHEN HOLLYWOOD PORTRAITS by Therese Mulligan
Reproductions of eight photographs of Hollywood celebrities taken by Steichen for Vanity Fair. The images chosen illustrate the new style of portraiture that Steichen ushered in.
26….STREET ENGAGEMENTS: Social Landscape Photography of the Sixties
Ten examples of “street photography” from the 1950s and 60s.
36….INSIGHT: Women’s Photographs by Marianne Fulton
The work of more than 50 women photographers was featured in Insight, an exhibition at George Eastman House that commemorated the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage.
46….GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE by Karl Steinorth
Brief summary of the museum’s mission to collect, to preserve, and to share its treasures with the public.
48….PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
50….TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
52….MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
54….LIBRARY COLLECTION
Overview and highlights of the collection.
56….LANDSCAPE COLLECTION
Overview of the collection.
57….GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE COLLECTION
Overview of the collection.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 41 Number : 1–2 Date : 1998
IMAGE (1975. vol 18. issue 1.)
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Nancy Newhall (1908-1974)….1
Short summary of the highlights of the late Nancy Newhall’s career as a writer, scholar, curator, and photographer. Includes a bibliography of her writings.
Dallett Fuguet….6
Extensive review of the writings and images of critic and photographer Fuguet, long time Stieglitz associate, writer and editor for both Camera Notes and Camera Work, and founding member of the Photo-Secession. Includes a bibliography of his writings.
Trial Balloons: The Chamber Mystery….18
Analysis of the use of unusual caption balloons to present dialogue in the silent film The Chamber Mystery. Author compares the technical and aesthetic problems these dialogue balloons created with similar problems faced by early sound films.
The Blonde Telegrapher: Blanche Sweet….21
Biographical information on Blanche Sweet who, like most early film actors, began her career on stage. She worked for the Biograph Company and starred in D.W. Griffith’s seminal film The Lonedale Operator.
A Selected List of Current Film Periodicals in English….26
Synoptic Catalog….26
The synoptic catalog is a selective survey of the photographic and allied resources of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Huard to Keely.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 18 Number : 1 Date : March, 1975
IMAGE (1990. vol 33. issue 1–2.)
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1….Paul Strand: Modernist Outlook/Significant Vision by Naomi Rosenblum
On the one-hundred year anniversary of Strand’s birth, Rosenblum discusses the clarity and consistency of Strand’s vision.
13….Darkroom Vs. Greenroom: Victorian Art Photography and Popular Theatrical Entertainment by Malcolm R. Daniel
On photographers who used combination printing and other techniques to create images whose allegorical power approached that of paintings. Though widely enjoyed the moral probity of these entertainments were constantly questioned.
21….Daguerreotype Portraits By William E. Kilburn by David A. Wooters
Unidentified daguerreotypes in the George Eastman House collections are attributed to Kilburn by comparing them to corresponding wood engravings appearing in the Illustrated London News.
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Author : Enyeart, James L., Editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 33 Number : 1–2 Date : Fall, 1990
IMAGE (1972. vol 15. issue 4.)
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New Director of the Museum….1
Article provides credentials of the new director of the George Eastman House, Robert J. Doherty.
Prints and Negatives of Gertrude Käsebier….2
Images and negatives by Käsebier added to the George Eastman House collection through a gift from her daughter and granddaughter. Overview of Käsebier’s career as a respected pictorialist and commercial portrait photographer.
On Käsebier's Work in 1907….8
Note introducing the reprint of an overview of Käsebier’s work in a 1907 issue of The Craftsman magazine.
Photography as an Emotional Art: A Study of the Work of Gertrude Käsebier by Giles Edgerton….9
Reprint from the April 1907 issue of The Craftsman magazine; Giles Edgerton is a pseudonym for Mary Fanton Roberts.
New Acquisitions: A Gardner Album….13
Information on an album assembled by retired Union officer Arnold A. Rand as a chronological record of the Lincoln assassination and conspiracy trial. The majority of the photographs in the album are by Alexander Gardner.
New Acquisitions: The Questar Telescope….17
A detailed account of the components of the Questar which can be used as a telescope and a photographic lens.
Taking Photographs on the Wing: “The Detective” Camera—Apparatus for Amateur Photographers….18
An excerpt from The New York Tribune, November 4, 1883, on detective cameras and the increase in amateur photographers.
New Acquisitions: A Note on Early Photomontage Images….19
Article discusses composite photographs by Francis Bedford, made for commercial reasons, and by Julia Margaret Cameron, made as working sketches, and the Campbell family album featuring photomontage, made as a leisure time activity.
Newman, Toth, Brown….25
Article briefly discusses George Eastman House’s exhibitions of the work of Arnold Newman, Carl Toth, and Robert Brown.
"The Oneness of All Ages"….27
Comparison drawn between D. W. Griffith’s film Intolerance and James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. Joyce in Switzerland, Griffith in California, were each to state within a chosen medium their preoccupations with time.
Synoptic Catalog….30
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Maxime Du Camp to Frank A. Ehret.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 15 Number : 4 Date : December, 1972
IMAGE (1972. vol 15. issue 1.)
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Some Thoughts on 60's Continuum….1
Text describes selection process for the exhibition 60’s Continuum and includes brief comments on many of the twenty-nine featured photographers.
60's Continuum Participants….27
Discusses the importance of the new photographic work that references the history of the medium.
California Symposium….28
Synoptic Catalogue….29
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Chodzkiewiez to James Cremer.
Guggenheim Fellowships….32
List of photographers and filmmakers who received Guggenheim fellowships in 1972.
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Author : Coke, F. Van Deren , ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 15 Number : 1 Date : March, 1972
IMAGE (1964. vol 12. issue 4.)
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MEMBERS' PUBLICATION: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 13
On the release of the revised edition of Beaumont Newhall’s History of Photography.
A SURVEY IN SLIDES OF THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 13
As a service to schools, universities and museums, the George Eastman House announces the publication of 250 slides illustrating the history of photography.
PHOTOGRAPHY 64. . . . 14
An exhibition of the work of twenty-five influential photographers who were nominated by the participants in last year's exhibition, Photography 63.
EASTMAN HOUSE EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. . . . 15
Excerpt from a review of the photography exhibition on display at the Kodak Pavillion of the New York World’s Fair.
LEOPOLD MANNES, 1899-1934. . . . 15
Obituary for Leopold Mannes, co-inventor of the Kodachrome process of color photography.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 16
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 12 Number : 4 Date : October, 1964
IMAGE (1963. vol 12. issue 3.)
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GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OPENS NEW GALLERY WITH PHOTOGRAPHY 63/AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. . . .9
On the opening of the Brackett Clark Gallery with Photography 63/ An International Exhibition, featuring the work of 148 photographers under the age of forty. Lists the nominating committee for the invitational section.
THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE TO COLLABORATE ON EXHIBITION OF FREDERICK H. EVANS. . . .11
Brief biography of English photographer Frederick H. Evans on the occasion of an upcoming exhibit of his work.
NOTES. . . .11
BOOKS RECEIVED. . . . 12
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 12
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 12 Number : 3 Date : 1963
IMAGE (1963. vol 12. issue 1.)
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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN PORTFOLIO. . . . 1
Announcement of the publication of the George Eastman House Monograph Number III: A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. . . . 2
Announcement of an upcoming exhibition of contemporary photography done by a younger generation of photographers.
THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBITION. . . . 2
Eastman House exhibition featuring the work of Jack Stuler, Carl Chiarenza, and George Krause. Includes artist’s bios and statements.
FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. . . . 4
On the photographic lending company, Fine Photographs, started by Richard Jaquish in Madison, Wisconsin.
SIXTEEN EARLY AMERICAN FILMS. . . . 4
Revised Edison film catalog by Gordon Hendricks available on microfilm.
BOOKS RECEIVED. . . . 4
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 4
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 12 Number : 1 Date : 1963
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 1.)
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MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM. . . . 1
On the change in format of IMAGE from an in-depth quarterly magazine to a monthly bulletin for members of the George Eastman House.
DR. C. E. KENNETH MEES. . . . 1
Obituary for the first President of the Board of Trustees of the George Eastman House. In 1912 George Eastman hired Mees, a scientist in the photographic industry, to organize and direct a research laboratory in Rochester.
CUNNINGHAM COLLECTION. . . . 2
Brief biography of Imogen Cunningham upon acquiring 75 of her photographs for the George Eastman House photography collection.
BOOK REVIEWS. . . . 3
Great Moments in News Photography from the Historical Files of the National Press Photographers Association. By John Faber. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960. 127 p. 133 illus. $4.95.
DRYDEN THEATRE MATINEES. . . . 4
GREAT FILMS OF THE WORLD 1916-1923
HAMLET 1920 Germany
THE PHANTOM CHARIOT (Korkarlen) 1920 Sweden
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE 1921 U.S.A.
DRYDEN THEATRE TENTH ANNIVERSARY SERIES. . . . 4
HEART OF PARIS (Gribouille) 1937 France
THE FORGOTTEN ONES (Los Olvidados) 1951 Mexico
NOTES. . . . 4
McGHEE AND ELLINGSON ELECTED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THE PISTOLGRAPH
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 1 Date : January, 1961