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Edward S. Curtis, Canyon de Chelly, Courtesy The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Aug 26, 2008 – Jan 11, 2009
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Tuesdays–Thursdays (10am–6pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (10am–9pm)
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Art's love affair with landscapes was captured with brush strokes until technology gave way to the click of the shutter. In Focus: The Landscape explores the work of more than 25 photographic pioneers who legitimized taking pictures of terrain as an art form. With strong roots in painting, French-born Gustave Le Gray took the Greek meaning of photography ("drawing with light") literally, with his surreal shots that often imitated paintings. Robert Adams, meanwhile, pushed genre boundaries by exploring the extremes of light and dark in his photos of Colorado's Rocky Mountain region. The Getty's latest exhibit shows how they and other trailblazers reinvented the way in which we look at the world.
