Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
Hall cases
25 January 1995 to 4 June 1995
Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839-1870
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
Hall cases
Thirty-two Italian photographers honour Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director and Chair of the CCA, on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. The exhibition reflects the concerns of Italian photographers since the 1970s and provides an overview of contemporary Italian photographic culture. Included are photographers Andrea Abati, Cesare Ballardini, Marina Ballo Charmet,(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 April 1999 to 26 September 1999
32 Italian Photographers: A Tribute to Phyllis Lambert
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Thirty-two Italian photographers honour Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director and Chair of the CCA, on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. The exhibition reflects the concerns of Italian photographers since the 1970s and provides an overview of contemporary Italian photographic culture. Included are photographers Andrea Abati, Cesare Ballardini, Marina Ballo Charmet,(...)
Octagonal gallery
The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Main galleries
9 December 1998 to 25 April 1999
Photography and Transformations of the Contemporary City: Venezia – Marghera
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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
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Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
11 October 1995 to 4 February 1996
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction
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Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
10 May 1995 to 15 October 1995
Four Photographers Visit Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding, Kawamata
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Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
15 November 2024 to 30 March 2025
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
31 March 1993 to 25 July 1993
Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1850-1880
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Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
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AP037.S1.D3
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This subseries contains the photographs published and unpublished in T-Square and Shelter and USA Tomorrow magazines. Included are photographs of authors, prints and photostats of drawings, photographs of art works. This subseries also contains a collection of photographs by well known photographers, and albums of photographs on architecture, building and housing problems in the United States and abroad. Some photographs were removed from their original files and arranged together in this subseries.The photographs are in two lots: a first lot of photographs by photographer and by subject, and a second lot of removed photographs which are arranged according to the alphabetical order of their original files. The photographs are not described. This subseries consists of 2 boxes of photographs (BOX 37-07 to BOX 37-08).
n.d.
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AP037.S1.D3
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This subseries contains the photographs published and unpublished in T-Square and Shelter and USA Tomorrow magazines. Included are photographs of authors, prints and photostats of drawings, photographs of art works. This subseries also contains a collection of photographs by well known photographers, and albums of photographs on architecture, building and housing problems in the United States and abroad. Some photographs were removed from their original files and arranged together in this subseries.The photographs are in two lots: a first lot of photographs by photographer and by subject, and a second lot of removed photographs which are arranged according to the alphabetical order of their original files. The photographs are not described. This subseries consists of 2 boxes of photographs (BOX 37-07 to BOX 37-08).
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AP109.S1.SS3
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Subseries consists of photographs, negatives and slides of Desbarat's student projects and travels, built projects, the Governor-General's Residence in Québec City, and portraits, including photographs of other architects.
circa 1948 - 1979
Photographs
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AP109.S1.SS3
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Subseries consists of photographs, negatives and slides of Desbarat's student projects and travels, built projects, the Governor-General's Residence in Québec City, and portraits, including photographs of other architects.
Sub-series 3
circa 1948 - 1979
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AP116.S3.SS22.D3
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File documents In ANY Event: The Virtual House Seminar proceddings. Material in file was produced in 1997. File contains photographs.
1997
Photographs
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AP116.S3.SS22.D3
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File documents In ANY Event: The Virtual House Seminar proceddings. Material in file was produced in 1997. File contains photographs.
File 3
1997