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The Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House Collection
October 10, 2008–January 25, 2009

Featuring masterpieces of photography and film from throughout history, this exhibition includes such iconic works as Mathew Brady's portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Ansel Adams's Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Edward Weston's Pepper No. 30; and Alfred Stieglitz's The Steerage. The exhibition also presents various versions of famous photographs, such as Lewis Hine's Power House Mechanic, and Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, which together provide insight into the artists' creative processes. Films represented in the exhibition include The Phantom of the Opera, Peter Pan and The Lost World.

The Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House Collection was organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

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The Frist Center is pleased to present an IPOD audio tour for this exhibition. Cost: FREE for Frist Center Members, $5.00 for general visitors. Available at the Member Desk or Visitor Services Desk.

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View a recent Nashville Public Television Arts Break segment about this exhibition and the
Indelible: The Photographs of Lalla Essaydi exhibition.

For further information about this exhibition, download the recommended reading list.

Location: Ingram Gallery

Image (top, right): Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965) Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1933. Gelatin silver print. Credit: Courtesy George Eastman House

Image (bottom, left): William Wegman (American, b. 1942). In, 1993. Color print, internal dye diffusion transfer (Polacolor) print. Credit: Copyright William Wegman. Courtesy George Eastman House