Every picture tells a story, doughnut

May 2, 2003 6:57 PM

The George Eastman Housephotography collection is simply incredible and merits hours of browsing. I particularly enjoyed the color prints of Nickolas Muray and this gallery of old stereo slides
posted by MrBaliHai (8 comments total)

Oops, that first link should've pointed you here.
posted by MrBaliHai at 7:03 PM on May 2, 2003

I can't believe I've never heard of this collection! The stereo slides are fantastic. What a wonderful resource - it's going to take hours and hours and hours to go through all of this. I like the comments about the photographs you linked to, like this one.
posted by iconomy at 8:36 PM on May 2, 2003

Calling Cindy Sherman...

Thanks for the Nickolas Muray pointer, MrBaliHai - I thought I'd gone over the Eastman House collection before your post. Just shows: links don't really exist until someone else posts them on the Filter. :)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:44 PM on May 2, 2003

Thanks for pointing out those comments, iconomy. Believe it or not, I was so absorbed in looking at those glorious prints that I missed them totally!
posted by MrBaliHai at 5:04 AM on May 3, 2003

Thanks for this, MrBaliHai. I especially enjoyed the work by Julia Margaret Cameron.
posted by plep at 7:31 AM on May 3, 2003

Wow, this is a real gem, MrBaliHai - thank you! I particularly liked the Constance Sackville West album - she was doing montages in the mid 1800s - cool stuff. And then there is the 1920s melodrama When Biddy Served Tomatoes Undressed and the exquisite early cheesecake of Louis-Camille D'Olivier. Wonderful historic photos abound on this site. Great stuff!
posted by madamjujujive at 8:33 AM on May 3, 2003

Cool link. If you're ever in Rochester, I highly recommend a visit to the Eastman House -- the house is interesting, the camera museum is fascinating, and the exhibits are great. And Eastman was the main benefactor behind the wonderful Eastman School of Music in town as well -- I've never gone through Rochester without stopping to hear a great concert.
posted by Vidiot at 10:32 PM on May 3, 2003

Boss stuff, BaliHai. Very much appreciated.
posted by hama7 at 7:11 AM on May 4, 2003