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    Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection

    July 8–October 19, 2014

    The Getty Center

    Sasha and Ruby by Loretta Lux

    Sasha and Ruby, 2005, Loretta Lux, cibachrome print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

  • Heather and Kelsey Dietrick, 7 years old, Kelsey older by 66 minutes / Mary Ellen Mark,

    Heather and Kelsey Dietrick, 7 years old, Kelsey older by 66 minutes, 2002, Mary Ellen Mark, dye diffusion print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © 2003 Mary Ellen Mark

  • Country Girls, 1925, August Sander, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum.

    Country Girls, 1925, August Sander, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum.

  • Central Park Zoo (1967), 2005, from the series The History of Photography Remix, Kota Ezawa, transparency in a light box. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Kota Ezawa. © Kota Ezawa

    Central Park Zoo (1967), 2005, from the series The History of Photography Remix, Kota Ezawa, transparency in a light box. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Kota Ezawa. © Kota Ezawa

  • Central Park Zoo, New York City, 1967, Garry Winogrand, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © 1984 The Estate of Garry Winogrand

    Central Park Zoo, New York City, 1967, Garry Winogrand, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © 1984 The Estate of Garry Winogrand

  • New Abstraction #71, 2000, James Welling, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, purchased in part with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © James Welling

    New Abstraction #71, 2000, James Welling, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, purchased in part with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © James Welling

  • Girders with Walkway, about 1935-1940, Ralston Crawford, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Ralston Crawford Estate

    Girders with Walkway, about 1935-1940, Ralston Crawford, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Ralston Crawford Estate

  • Rebecca, 2005, from the series Niagara, Alec Soth, chromogenic print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Alec Soth, courtesy of Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis. © Alec Soth

    Rebecca, 2005, from the series Niagara, Alec Soth, chromogenic print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Alec Soth, courtesy of Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis. © Alec Soth

  • The Manger (Ideal Motherhood), 1899, Gertrude Käsebier, platinum print. The J. Paul Getty Museum

    The Manger (Ideal Motherhood), 1899, Gertrude Käsebier, platinum print. The J. Paul Getty Museum

  • Untitled, 2003, from the series Perishables, Pinar Yolaçan, chromogenic print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Dale and Doug Anderson. © Pinar Yolaçan

    Untitled, 2003, from the series Perishables, Pinar Yolaçan, chromogenic print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of Dale and Doug Anderson. © Pinar Yolaçan

  • Chicken, 1939, Frederick Sommer, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation

    Chicken, 1939, Frederick Sommer, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. © Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation

Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection

July 8–October 19, 2014, The Getty Center

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The Getty Museum's ever-growing collection of photographs celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. This exhibition gives viewers the opportunity to see new additions that reveal points of intersection with works already owned by the Museum.

Convergences is inspired by the book of essays, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences, in which author Lawrence Weschler explores visual associations between images of wide-ranging content and uncovers “uncanny moments of convergence…”

By juxtaposing contemporary and historical photographs, this exhibition proposes convergences between disparate works. Whether related by direct influence or visual affinities of a more tenuous nature, these groupings reveal the rich diversity of approaches to subjects that have engaged photographers for more than a century, while underscoring a sense of continuity throughout the history of the medium.

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A variety of special programs complement the exhibition Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection. All events are free, unless otherwise noted. Seating reservations are required. For reservations and information, please call (310) 440-7300 or see information on planning a visit.

Lecture
"Convergences in Photography"

Lawrence Weschler
Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center: Harold M. Williams Auditorium

Lawrence Weschler, author of Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences, which provides the conceptual backdrop to the exhibition Convergences: Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection, presents his theory of visual relationships. Following this presentation, he joins curator Virginia Heckert and photographers Vera Lutter and Scott McFarland to discuss photographic convergences.

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Gallery Talk
Curator's Gallery Talk

Virginia Heckert
Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center: Museum galleries

Virginia Heckert, curator of photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.

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Listen as contemporary artists and curator Virginia Heckert comment on the dialogue between past and present in the history of photography. Pick up a multimedia player free of charge in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Press Kit

Includes the complete object checklist and a selection of downloadable images.

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