Artist-at-Work Demonstrations

Drop in as photographer Luther Gerlach demonstrates 19th-century photographic techniques using authentic cameras and developing equipment from the period.

Sundays, March 19 and 26 and April 9 and 23, and Friday, April 7, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Outer Peristyle Court

Curators' Gallery Talks

Curators of Antiquity & Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites lead gallery talks on the exhibition. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance at the Getty Villa.

Claire L. Lyons, Collections Curator, Getty Research Institute
Saturday, February 18, 2:00 p.m.

Paul Martineau, Assistant Curator of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Thursday, April 6, 3:00 p.m.

Janet Grossman, Associate Curator of Antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum
Thursday, April 27, 3:00 p.m.

Gallery Course

Nineteenth-Century Photographic Techniques: A Closer Look
Led by Luther Gerlach, nationally recognized photographer specializing in 19th-century techniques, this course discusses the methods of early traveling photographers. The class will start in the galleries with an overview of photographic techniques and move to the education studios, where Gerlach will demonstrate picture making and development using authentic cameras and procedures from the period. Open to 20 participants. Course fee $20. Call (310) 440-7300 to sign up.

Saturday, March 4, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 19, 1:00–4:00 p.m. (Take this special opportunity to enjoy the Villa on a day when it's closed to the general public.)
Getty Villa, Education Studio

Reservations available beginning Thursday, February 23 at 9:00 a.m. for the March course and Thursday, March 23 at 9:00 a.m. for the April course.

GettyGuide^TM

Learn more about early photography of the ancient world from the Museum's interactive multimedia system, GettyGuide. Hear about the first photographers to venture to sites such as the Acropolis, Troy, and the Egyptian pyramids. Find out more at GettyGuide stations in the TimeScape Room and the GettyGuide Room at the Getty Villa.

The Odeon, Pompeii, Giorgio Sommer, 1870s

Lectures

Travelers, Scholars, and Photographers View the Ancient World
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, professor of classical studies at Wesleyan University and guest curator of the exhibition, discusses how the new medium of photography served a variety of 19th-century audiences as they explored the ancient ruins of Italy, Greece, and the Middle East.

Thursday, February 23, 8:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Auditorium

Egypt Recovered: Early Photographic Surveys and the Development of Egyptology
Kathleen Stewart Howe, the Sarah Rempel and Herbert S. Rempel '23 Director of the Museum of Art and Professor of Art History at Pomona College, discusses how the introduction of photography contributed to the earliest investigations of ancient Egypt and advanced the developing discipline of Egyptology.

Thursday, March 30, 8:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Auditorium

Reservations available beginning Thursday, February 23 at 9:00 a.m.

Point-of-View Talks

Contemporary photographer Nik Wheeler discusses both the allure and the challenges of photographing in distant lands. Open to 25 participants. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance at the Getty Villa one hour before the talk.

Thursday, April 20, 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Museum galleries