August 30–November 27, 2016,
In France in the mid-19th century, a decade after the announcement of
photography’s invention, dynamic debates were waged about the medium’s
prospects in the contrary fields of science and art. As a medium capable of
unprecedented veracity, did photography simply record the real world, or could
it express an aesthetic vision or ideal? Inspired by writers and painters,
photographers began to focus on real people, places, and things as subjects
(rather than academic, mythical, or biblical ones), as they explored new
technological possibilities.
Organized around the Getty Museum’s holdings and supplemented with international loans, this exhibition highlights the work of four photographers: Édouard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, and Charles Nègre.
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/real_ideal/index.html
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