Silver to Silicon
Exhibition features four master photographers of the
twenty first century whose work explores the future of the medium.
Highlighted is the change brought about by the silicon chip.
Embedded in the camera for recording, the computer for photo-processing and in the printer to
accommodate new output options. This technology has greatly expanded artistic alternatives.
Contemporary photographers on view include, Robert Weingarten, Richard Pare and Stephen Lawson.
Featured in this exhibition is the work of four photographers.
Select the image below to view the complete artist page for these photographers.
Robert Weingarten
Richard Pare
Stephen Lawson
Wynn Bullock – CLA
Art In The Digital Culture... Threat or Opportunity?
Lumière Fall Lecture
Ms. Perich is the curator of the Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American History. Most recently, she curated the current exhibition: Pushing Boundaries: Photography by Robert Weingarten, and authored, The Changing Face of Portrait Photography, From Daguerreotype to Digital. Perich teaches the History of Photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is a contributor to National Public Radio’s website. She is actively pursuing the application of technology to broaden public access to the Museum’s collections and knowledge base.
Prof. Essa is a nationally recognized figure in the fields of Computational Photography, Digital Video Special Effects and Computer Animation. He is an expert on technologies that impact how citizens interact with information. His doctoral research at MIT was in the area of Facial Recognition, Analysis and Synthesis. In addition to his work at Georgia Tech, he is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon, Google Research and the Disney Research Lab. He is also a Fellow of the IEEE.
We are pleased to offer this program as a collaborative event with:
Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
Accelerating Change In Photography
Gallery Talk
Saturday, November 3rd
11 am @ Lumière
Lumière’s Fall lecture program opened in collaboration with ACP at the High Museum in September: Art in the Digital Culture… Threat or Opportunity.
It underscored technology’s rapid and disruptive impact over the last century.
It was followed in October by, Conversations With The Masters.
This talk: Accelerating Change in Photography, continued the discussion with a presentation by Robert Yellowlees, reflecting on his half century of active participation with photography, computer technology and issues of human behavior in the management of change.
The presentation was followed by a thought provoking discussion period.
