Come visit the Southeast Museum of Photography for our Family and Community Day in conjunction with our current exhibition Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera.
Saturday's events will feature lectures about family photographs, why they matter and how to preserve them, as well as a reception to conclude the event!
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Event Schedule |
1:30pm to 2:30pm
"Opening up the Family Album: Why Family Photographs Matter"
A Presentation by Lisa Henry, Curator of the Double Exposure exhibition and Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography.
"Personal Memory/Community History - Preserving our Photographs, Defining Our History"
Melissa Reamer, Collections Care and Management Specialist, Southeast Museum of Photography.
A practical introduction to preservation methods and materials, storage requirements and other factors related to caring for vintage and contemporary photographic materials, including family photographs.
Public Reception
Double Exposure Family/Community Day is sponsored in part by International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR
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About the Exhibition |
This landmark exhibition comprehensively explores the African American experience through an examination of representation in photographic works from the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights African American history, as well as the history of photography and includes photographs, albums, and cased images, as well as contemporary art that incorporate vintage photographic imagery. The exhibition season runs until May 20, 2010.
Carla Williams, "All the Women in my Family 2004" Inkjet Prints on Vellum
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