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Article: Picture the West.(Arts & Literature)(Since the beginning of the U.S. push into the West, photography has been along to capture the scenery)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
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- July 3, 2005
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Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard
Photography and the idea of the American West were invented and came of age at about the same time, starting in the 19th century.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon will explore the close relationship between the two this summer as 140 photographs by 19th to 21st century photographers of the Western landscape go on exhibit in a show opening Friday.
Curated by David Turner, director of the museum, the exhibit draws on photographs from private collections and from the museum's own holdings. The earliest photos are large contact prints made from ungainly glass plates by photographers ...