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2004 ANNUAL REPORT 21 EXHIBITIONS 1,000 OBJECTS ACQUIRED 47 SERIES OF FILM “The George Eastman exhibit is simply breathtaking!” EXHIBITIONS 65 LOANS TO INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 10 NEW TRUSTEES 140 PUBLIC PROGRAMS 50 PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS RESTORED 3300 FILMS PRESERVED “Very cool! David Byrne’s work makes me think! Thank you!” TWO NEW MASTER’S PROGRAMS LAUNCHED IMAGE MAGAZINE RE-INTRODUCED THREE SCHOOLS OF PRESERVATION AND CONSER- “What a treat and tribute to Eastman. An elegy to film.” VATION 338 FILM SCREENINGS 11 TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS TO 19 INTERNATIONAL VENUES Above: Johannes Hepp (German, b. 1969). NEW YORK CITY, September 11, 2001. Chromogenic development print. Photography collection purchase in 2004 with funds from the Photographic Acquisitions Endowment Fund. S ACQUIRED47 SERIES OF FILM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS “Walking through the galleries makes me want to shoot pictures all day long.” C PROGRAMS 50 PHOTOGRAPHS S RESTORED 3300 FILMS PRESERVED MS LAUNCHED IMAGE MAGAZINE “No matter how many times I visit, I always learn something new.” S OF PRESERVATION AND CONSER- 11 TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS TO —Comments from Eastman House visitors in 2004 The lists of exhibitions, programs, and acquisitions you'll see in these pages tell only a part of the dynamic story of George Eastman House. The Museum's character is a complex of service, administered through the disciplines of photography, motion pictures, and the legacy of George Eastman. Our collections are at the heart of this service. This report centers upon the images and legacy that give purpose to our mission. Here are several examples: Eastman House's role as leader in image conservation and preservation education was extended in 2004 in two significant ways. The Museum launched a joint master's degree program in pho- tograph collections management with Ryerson University in Toronto. In addition, students in the Museum's L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation now are offered the opportunity to obtain a master's degree through the University of Rochester. The Museum's expanded traveling exhibitions program shares our images internationally, and our newly redesigned web site meets the changing expectations of audiences around the world. Eastman House also relaunched Image magazine—an image-rich journal with informative articles that echo the early years of Image while providing readers with another way of enjoying the collections of the Museum. Eastman House celebrated the sesquicentennial of George Eastman's birth with an acclaimed exhibition, The Remarkable George Eastman: Vision & Obsession, a biographical interpretation told through video, film, and leading-edge imaging technologies never before seen in any museum, truly bringing the entrepreneurial, ethical, and philanthropic legacy of Mr. Eastman to light. And yet these activities are still only a sampling of the Museum's accomplishments in 2004. Read on. And thank you. Your partnership, your involvement, and your support make it possible. Stephen B. Ashley, Anthony Bannon, Chairman, Board of Trustees Director Left: Pete Turner (American, b. 1934). SMILING WOMAN, 1970. Computer-generated color inkjet print. Gift of the photographer to the photography collection in 2004. © Pete Turner. Next page, left: KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack, US 1933), from the exhibition The Best of Photo & Film: Right Before Your Eyes, on view through April 11. Next page, right top: Frank F. Bunker (American, active 1910–1940). WOMAN AT SIGN AT SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK, ca. 1920. Gelatin silver print, stereograph. Museum purchase, ex-collection Richmond W. Strong. From the exhibition Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism, a traveling exhibition that began its tour in late 2004. Next page, right bottom: Erwin Wurm (Austrian, b. 1954). Still from video 59 STELLUNGEN [59 POSITIONS], 1992/1999. Color print, chromogenic development process. Photography collection purchase in 2004 with funds from the Photographic Acquisitions Endowment Fund. EXHIBITIONS Sweet Creations, curated by Kathy Let Children Be Children: Lewis Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Connor (November 10–December 16) Wickes Hine’s Crusade Against Arts Film (January) Candice Bergen Photographs: Child Labor, curated by Jeanne 1971–1976, curated by Rick Hock Holiday Advertisements, curated by Movies on a Shoestring (February, May) Deborah Hamel (November 12, Verhulst. Modern print versions. (through January 4) Great Black Performances (February) 2004–June 5, 2005) • Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, Poetic Images: Literary Illustrations New York (through March 7) (vintage) Senior Matinées (March–October) from the Richard and Ronay • Henry Rio Bridge Gallery, Los Films from Along the Silk Road (March) Menschel Library, curated by Rachel TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS Angeles, California (May 17–June 25) Stuhlman (through January 4) • Bisbee Mining Museum, Bisbee, Loathsome Films (March) Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius, Arizona (September 1–October 20) The Best of Photo & Film: Right curated by Jeanne Verhulst Nitrate Treasures (March) Before Your Eyes, curated by Roxana Picturing What Matters: An Offering • Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life (April) Aparicio Wolfe, Leonie Bradbury, Sean Florida (through January 17) of Photographs from the George Corcoran, Jim Healy, Rick Hock, • Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Eastman House Collection, curated Site Seeing: The Cinematic City Anthony L’Abbate, David Wooters, and Florida (May 1–June 27) by George Eastman House Staff (May–August) Caroline Yeager (through April 11) • The R. 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Norton Gallery, • Putnam Museum and Imax Theatre, Beautiful Losers (June) Shreveport, Louisiana (October 5, Davenport, Iowa (June 5–October 24) A Camera Sampler, curated by Preservation Weekend (June) Todd Gustavson (through April 24) 2004–January 2, 2005) Requiem: By the Photographers Music by Bernard Herrmann The Best of Photography and Film Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina, The Magic Lantern, organized by (July–August) guest curator Edward Lennart from the George Eastman House assembled by Horst Faas and Tim Page (through November 15) Collection, curated by Roxana Aparicio • North Carolina State University Not on Video (July–August) Wolfe, Leonie Bradbury, Sean Corcoran, The Pencil of Nature, The Films of Jeff Bridges (July) curated by Roger Bruce, Rochester Jewish Film Rick Hock, and David Festival (July) Wooters (through EXHIBITIONS February 6, 2005) Exhibitions make accessible—up close, in person—the unparalleled collections Animal Love (August) The Last One Hundred of George Eastman House. One of the Museum's most visible activities last year Lucas Belvaux’s Trilogie Years of Photography, (August) curated by Sean Corcoran was the celebration of the sesquicentennial of George Eastman's birth. The high- Silent Cinema and David Wooters light of that celebration was the exhibition The Remarkable George Eastman: Vision & (September–November) (through June 19, 2005) Obsession, which focused attention on the impact of the Eastman legacy through- 15th Annual Rochester 15 Minutes: Celebrity Labor Film Series and Identity, curated by out the world. His photography innovations changed the way we see. His commit- (September–October) Rick Hock, David Wooters, ment to social justice, ethical business practices, and better government, as well as and Caroline Yeager The Films of Charles (January 24–April 25) his marketing genius, were ahead of their time. In Eastman's belief that it is our Laughton (September–October) The Dutch Connection: duty, and our privilege, to create a caring and culturally rich community, and he set The Horror, The Horror: George Eastman’s a standard for philanthropy and involvement that is yet unmatched. In addition to Conservatory in Winter The Doctor is In…Sane Bloom, curated by Andy last year's displays in Rochester, the Museum's exhibitions of photographs and (October) Joss (February 10–22) motion pictures traveled to 62 venues in ten countries. ImageOut: The Roch- Water/Garden: ester Lesbian and Gay Photographs by Keith Film and Video Festival Johnson, curated by Sean (October) Corcoran (March 5– The Human Dutch: Films September 5) from the Netherlands Night Visions: The Secret Designs Jim Healy, Rick Hock, Anthony L’Abbate, Library, Raleigh, North Carolina (November–December) David Wooters, and Caroline Yeager (February 9–May 30) of Moths, curated by Julia Unruh 2004 Memorial Screenings • Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, (April 16–June 30) The Rise of a Landmark: Lewis Hine (November–December) A Coruña, Spain (October 20, Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions and the Empire State Building, curat- 2004–January 9, 2005) 4th Annual High Falls Film Festival ed by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel in Tourism, curated by Sean Corcoran, (November) Eliza Kozlowski, and David Wooters Eloquent Vistas: The Art of • Morris Museum, Morris, New Jersey (April 24–September 5) Nineteenth-Century American (January 20–March 14) The Harry Palmer Trilogy (December) Landscape Photography from the Machines of Memory: Cameras from Robert ParkeHarrison: The 3-D on the Silver Screen (December) George Eastman House Collection, the Technology Collection, curated Architect’s Brother, curated curated by Jeanne Verhulst and Guests in person: Barry Allen, by Todd Gustavson and Rick Hock by Therese Mulligan David Wooters Thom Andersen, Andy Babiuk, Schawn (May 8–ongoing) • Museum of Photographic Arts, • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Belston, Jeff Bridges, Charles Burnett, San Diego, California (January11–