Art: Photography Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900
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- Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valenta, Chamaeleon cristatus, 1896, Courtesy the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
SFMOMA's new exhibit explores the sublime new worlds that opened when photography was first invented in the early 19th century, exploring the ways it led to a cross-pollination of science and art. Photography enabled the ever-curious scientist — and, by extension, the layperson — to look into the micro-universes of the human skeleton and tissue structure as well as at the unfathomably large cosmos. Works by pioneers such as Eadweard Muybridge (motion study), Eduard Valenta (X-rays), and Louis Darget (pseudo-scientific shots of the occult) are featured among the 200-plus vintage images on display.
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- $12.50
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Oct 11 – Jan 4, 2009
Mondays–Tuesdays (11am–5:45pm)
Thursdays (11am–8:45pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–5:45pm)
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SFMOMA (151 3rd St)
415.357.4000
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