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Carolyn Peter

Author & Curator

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Carolyn is an author and  curator of photographs living in Los Angeles.

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June 22, 2024                   Review in the New York Review of Books!

                                                    Karen and I are so excited to share Martin Filler's review of

                                                    Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography--"a canon

                                                   changing project"-- that appeared in the New York Review of Books 

                                                   on June 22, 2024.

April 9 - July 7, 2024    Hippolyte Bayard: A Persistent Pioneer and 19th-Century                 
                                           Photography Now
at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles

                                               
                                                Two exhibitions curated by Carolyn & her colleague,
Karen Hellman 

                                                were on view last year.

                                                Visit the exhibition websites Bayard and 19th-C. Photography Now

                                              

                                             Past Related Programs

                                                Watch an online conversation between Phil Chang & Carolyn Peter where
                                                they discuss Chang's unique working process—creating an unfixed image— 
                                                and its ramifications.

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                                                Watch a time-lapsed video of artist Francesco Fragomeni's re-enactment of       
                                                Bayard's Drowned Man at the Getty on May 5, 2024 where he had to endure
                                                sitting completely still for one hour in the hot sun.

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                                                Watch a video where artist Barret Oliver makes a direct positive print using      
                                                Bayard's process.

                                              

                                              

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Buy Now!                        Hippolyte Bayard and the Invention of Photography,                                             edited by Karen Hellman & Carolyn Peter

It's official! Our book is now available at the Getty and your preferred bookstore.

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