Print and Develop: Photography in the 21st Century (March 13 - May 1, 2011)

By the 1800’s, a succession of inventions and discoveries led to great advances in gathering light and the imagery it captures. As photography is going through another evolution, the digital era, it’s time to also look back upon its history. Photography revolutionized the world of imagery and what we find interesting, or believable, in “pictures”. From the early examples of daguerreotypes and tintypes, the early albumen coated copies and other developed papers, through the years of Kodak and Polaroid domination, we have arrived at a new generation of ink-jet “giclee” and toner machines. The digital camera and computer programs that can store, animate, alter or transmit new images have allowed new experiments and discovery for those working in this field.

Historic and contemporary works were exhibited here from our archives and are complimented by the various styles from thirteen other Montana photographers.