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Art: Photography
In Focus: Making a Scene

When

June 30, 2009 – Oct 18, 2009

Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–5:30pm)

Saturdays (10am–9pm)

Sundays (10am–5:30pm)

Where
The Getty Center (1200 Getty Center Dr, 310.440.7300)
Price
FREE
$15 parking
Details
http://getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html
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Thirty staged photographs are on view at the Getty Center as part of its In Focus series, a thematic presentation of images from the museum's permanent collection. Past incarnations have included The Nude, The Landscape, and The Portrait, and the current exhibit, Making a Scene, is a window into the world of early set design. Among the pictures is a lively arrangement of 19th and early-20th century tableaux vivants — "living pictures" with theatrically lit costumed subjects in an art-directed setting. Other selections range from daguerreotypes to Polaroids, and the collection features rare works by the likes of Man Ray and Lewis Carroll, providing a comprehensive survey of the curious hybrid of painting, theater, and photography.

Tanja M. Laden