METHODS AND PRINCIPLES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION DESIGN, DISPLAY, PRESERVATION AND EVALUATION
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Authors
Deveaux, Sharon
Issue Date
1979
Type
Capstone
Language
en
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Abstract
The report is divided into five sections. The first will be a discussion of the history of some of the early photography exhibitions, with three discussed in detail. The second section will include information on particular aspects of photography exhibition design: theme, space, lighting, levels, color, case design, arrangement and supportive materials. The next section discusses the application of the above-mentioned design areas to the three basic styles of photography exhibitions: exhibitions of photographs only, exhibitions using photographic equipment and hardware only, and exhibitions incorporating both photographs and equipment. Diagrams and photographic illustrations will illustrate how an aesthetically pleasing as well as an educationally informative exhibition on photography might be arranged. The fourth section will describe and analyze the display and exhibition preservation of photographic materials. It will consist of traditional as well as innovative ideas on how to display such items as original photographs, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, stereographs, glass plates, carte-de-visites, tintypes, albums and camera equipment. In this area the development of preservation techniques will be stressed as they apply to what still remains of the early photographic materials as well as the most contemporary of photographic artifacts. The fifth and final section will concern the evaluation of existing exhibitions. To illustrate the need and usefulness of exhibit evaluation, I will use three photography exhibitions from the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. These exhibitions represent the three styles of photography xiv exhibitions discussed in Section Two. I will offer criticism as well as suggestions for improving the general design of the exhibitions.