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The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego mounts eight to ten major exhibitions per year that represent the history of the medium, contemporary works, photojournalism, and varied photographic processes. |
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Taking Aim
Unforgettable Rock 'n' Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash
June 12 - September 26, 2010
EXPERIENCE THE REVOLUTION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF CULTURAL HISTORY
Taking Aim spans more than fifty years of music-making as seen through the eyes of 40 legendary photographers including Lynn Goldsmith, Annie Leibovitz, Henry Diltz, Jim Marshall, Neal Preston, Mick Rock, Francesco Scavullo, Graham Nash himself, and others. The selection of photographs presented in the exhibition expresses Graham’s view on the evolution of rock ‘n’ roll music, and depicts stunning images ranging from live stage performances by Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Elvis, The Beatles, and Kurt Cobain, to intimate, behind-the-scenes moments of Johnny Cash and June Carter, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Janis Joplin and others.
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This exhibition is organized by Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington.

Taking Aim is presented locally by RBC Wealth Management with additional support from Erwin Financial, Ironstring Communication, Morrison Hotel Gallery, Gaytravel.com, Hard Rock Hotel and The Prado Restaurant. Artist accommodations generously provided by The Sofia Hotel. |
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Seeing Beauty
January 30, 2010 - January 23, 2011
Seeing Beauty explores the aesthetics of beauty, expressed through the eyes of various photographers throughout the history of the medium, including Bill Brandt, Walker Evans, Mary Ellen Mark, Edward Weston, Minor White, and Aaron Siskind. The exhibition presents a range of genres in photography, such as portraiture, abstraction, landscape, and still life.
The photographs in the exhibition examine the elements of art and design, composition and framing, as well as subject matter. In examining these elements in the context of aesthetic beauty, the exhibition poses the question of how our personal interpretation and notions of what constitutes beauty affect our experience of looking at art. The exhibition is meant to engage viewers to challenge, redefine, or confirm their understanding of what beauty is, and what factors contribute to their aesthetic evaluation.
Seeing Beauty is the fifth in a series of educational exhibitions comprised of works from MoPA's permanent collection, presented in a thought-provoking, interactive and experiential setting.
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In Light
Selections from the Permanent Collection
January 30, 2010 - January 23, 2011
Explore MoPA’s treasures from the permanent collection exhibition In Light. Our rich holdings of photographic works tell vivid stories of photography’s master practitioners and technological innovations, while demonstrating photography’s ability to reveal the unseen and the unseeable. This special selection of photographs includes iconic names, such as Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange, and introduces viewers to the compelling works by other leaders of the medium.
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The exhibitions, presentations and related programs at MoPA are sponsored in part by
the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program, the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation,
the Board of Directors and MoPA members. |
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