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    Richard Learoyd: In the Studio

    August 30–November 27, 2016

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    Agnes in Red Dress, 2008, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased in part with funds provided by the Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation, Anthony E. Nicholas, Director, Lyle and Lisi Poncher, and Leslie, Judith, and Gabrielle Schreyer. © Richard Learoyd, court

    Agnes in Red Dress, 2008, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased in part with funds provided by the Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation, Anthony E. Nicholas, Director, Lyle and Lisi Poncher, and Leslie, Judith, and Gabrielle Schreyer. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • Large Flamingo, 2012, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Large Flamingo, 2012, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased in part with funds provided by Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, and the Greenberg Foundation. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • Man with Octopus Tattoo II, 2011, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. Collection of the Wilson Centre for Photography. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Man with Octopus Tattoo II, 2011, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. Collection of the Wilson Centre for Photography. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • Melanie, 2015, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Melanie, 2015, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • Andrew on Plinth, 2012, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    Andrew on Plinth, 2012, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • I Just Couldn’t Wait, 2014, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

    I Just Couldn’t Wait, 2014, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. © Richard Learoyd, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • Vanessa, 2013, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased in part with funds provided by Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © Richard Learoyd

    Vanessa, 2013, Richard Learoyd, silver-dye bleach print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased in part with funds provided by Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser. © Richard Learoyd

Richard Learoyd: In the Studio

August 30–November 27, 2016, Getty Center

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The contemplative mood and mesmerizing detail of Richard Learoyd’s large-scale color photographs of the human figure, portraits, and still lifes create an uncanny sense of intimacy between subject and viewer. Working in his East London studio, Learoyd utilizes a room-sized camera obscura with a fixed lens to make unique direct-positive prints. Pared to the essential components of making a photograph—a dark chamber fitted with a lens, sensitized paper, and light—his labor-intensive process is closely associated with the early history of the medium.

RELATED EVENTS

TALK
Richard Learoyd

Photographer Richard Learoyd speaks about his work in the exhibition with Arpad Kovacs, assistant curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Wednesday, August 31, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall

DEMONSTRATION
Artist at Work: Paper and Light

Drop by as photographer Luther Gerlach explores the art and science behind early paper photography and demonstrates a variety of authentic 19th-century cameras, lenses, and other equipment, including an interactive camera obscura. This is a free, drop-in program.

Sundays, October 2, 9, and 30, and November 13, 1:00 –3:00 p.m.

Getty Center, Museum Courtyard

TOUR
Curator’s Gallery Tour

Arpad Kovacs, assistant curator of photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery tour of the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Entrance Hall. Sign-up begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Information Desk. Capacity limited.

Thursdays, September 8 and November 3, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries

VIDEO


Richard Learoyd: Giant Camera
Photographer Richard Learoyd demonstrates how to make a photograph using a large camera obscura he built himself. His intimate and sharply focused prints are unique.

Video footage of Richard Learoyd courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; all artworks © Richard Learoyd.

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Richard Learoyd in converstation with curator Arpad Kovacs | Museum talk

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