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October 19, 2007

天美影视 Library to host 天美影视 State Museum photography exhibition between Oct. 20 鈥� Nov. 20

The 天美影视 Library will host 鈥淭he Faces of Rural 天美影视: Through the Lens, 1890-1940,鈥� between Oct. 20 and Nov. 20 on the 天美影视 Library鈥檚 5th floor in the Special Collections exhibit area. The exhibit is sponsored by the 天美影视 Delta Community College Library/Learning Resource Center.

The photography collection, a 天美影视 State Museum traveling exhibit, examines the people of rural 天美影视 from the turn of the century through the 1930s.

Beginning in the 1880s, the mass production and availability of dry plate glass negatives allowed photographers the flexibility and technology to leave the confines of the portrait studio. Photographers ventured to remote rural areas and captured the otherwise little known communities and landscapes.

Photographers Georges Francois Mugnier, Charles Denison Keator, Olide P. Shexnayder, Fonville Winans, and Russell Lee each documented a different region of rural 天美影视 and their respective communities. From group portraits to images of the common person at work, the audience will view diverse faces on a backdrop of rural 天美影视 landscapes.

For more information, call Special Collections at: (318) 342-1055.

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