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The project began as a way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of George Eastman, who founded the Eastman School as well as Kodak. "The director of the Eastman House (in Rochester, N.Y.) knew I had a big interest linking music with visual art," Ms. Mattis says. (Bordentwo Register News, NJ)
Louise Brooks Jun 25, 2007
Actress, Writer, Silent Movie Icon. Short biography of the 1920s film star known for her captivating beauty, style and intelligence. (Suite101.com)
Experience is The Product Jun 23, 2007
In 1888, an inventor named George Eastman designed, manufactured, and marketed a camera that changed not only photography, but consumer products forever. Four years earlier, Eastman invented a new kind of film, roll film, that was much easier to handle than fragile photographic plates. (BusinessWeek)
Historic House Goes Up for Sale Jun 18, 2007
The original owner of this home was Marion Folsom; he was a top advisor and close friend of George Eastman ... George Eastman actually ate here many times and the Folsoms were actually required every Sunday night at the Eastman estate to have dinner. (R News)
Read Indepth Article Jun 17, 2007
Her photographs belong to the permanent collections of the Harvard Business School, the George Eastman House, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Related Links. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Natural History Museum show on dragons May 26, 2007
Secondary Navigation. By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer Fri May 25, 7:09 PM ET. (Yahoo News)
Rare Steichen portraits fortuitously discovered May 26, 2007
Almost as intriguing as the pictures themselves, however, is the story of how they recently made their way from a house in Buffalo, where they apparently sat unseen for decades, to the collection of the George Eastman House, in Rochester, New York, one of the world's leading photography museums, where they will be exhibited for the first time this fall. Eastman House has a substantial collection of Steichen works, including 22 of the same kind of color photographs, known as autochromes. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Voom’s Treasure HD Is Chasing History Home May 21, 2007
The 13-part hourly series takes a look at the great homes of America -- including The Eastman House built by George Eastman of Kodak and the homes of Mark Twain, Paul Revere and The Hearst Castle -- while exposing the dynamic stories of the people who lived there. Treasure HD is one of Rainbow Media Holdings Voom HD Networks. (Multichannel News)
Tough Times for Tarnished Icons May 7, 2007
Kodak lagged in the field despite a name that's almost synonymous with photography indeed, George Eastman pioneered the roll film camera and was awarded the patent back in 1888. The company, which hasn't seen an annual profit since 2004, suffered its latest ignominy on May 4 when it announced first-quarter losses of $151 million worse than analysts predicted. (BusinessWeek)
Photo Art 101 May 6, 2007
"You push the button; we do the rest" advertised George Eastman in the 1920s, selling his Kodak cameras. It doesn't take an Einstein - or a Rembrandt. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Designing Awareness of Darfur May 3, 2007
The installation has been shown at more than 10 venues so far, including the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Speakers such as Mia Farrow and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan have spoken at related events, which in the future will feature such luminaries as cellist Yo-Yo Ma. (BusinessWeek)
PMA show ends Saturday Apr 22, 2007
These striking images and more, 155 in total, can be found in the Pensacola Museum of Art's spring exhibition, "Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography" from the George Eastman House Collection. WHEN: Through Saturday. (Pensacola News Journal)
Griffin Museum of Photography readies 'Photosynthesis II' Apr 1, 2007
Last year, the Griffin had 20 students from each school work on a joint project, "Photosynthesis, " that involved their doing individual photographic projects, which were then critiqued by Alison Nordstrom , curator of photographs at George Eastman House , in Rochester, N.Y. The students also got to meet with Horenstein and photographer Deborah Willis as artistic mentors. Finally, the students' photographs were exhibited at the Griffin. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Sycamore student wins state competition Mar 28, 2007
Eastman Kodak has grown strong since its beginning in 1888 when George Eastman started it. Since the founding of this company, the vision of George Eastman has stayed a constant. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Kodak resigns from the BBB Mar 27, 2007
George Eastman used to brag about "Kodak quality." Now, Eastman Kodak is dropping out of a program designed to ensure quality customer service. The Better Business Bureau says Kodak won't respond to customer complaints. (10NBC.com, NY)
Rochester's largest employers make the list for diversity Mar 23, 2007
George Eastman was a man ahead of his time. He not only hired women to work in his company, but he put women on the board of directors at a time when it just wasn't done. (10NBC.com, NY)
Charting a new course in photography-from Sun Valley Mar 21, 2007
Today Barney's work hangs in such collections as the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn. and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Marilyn, The Babe, and More Mar 14, 2007
Small town America is in for a visual feast over the next three years, served up by the National Endowment for the Arts and the George Eastman House. The Eastman house, a museum in the Colonial-Revival Mansion of George Eastman, (inventor of roll film, and founder of Eastman Kodak), provided the original photographs, and the NEA the underwriting for a three year, nine city tour by some of the most famous American photographers ever to click a shutter. (Suite101.com)
Fletcher performs classical favorites at Vernon Parish Library ... Air Curtain aiding landfill in conserving energy, space ... State loses 17,300 jobs in January ... Rosepine Council, Mayor dispell rumors of changing town's alcohol policy ... Music legend Fats Domino close to returning home to New Orleans ... Open records disputes go to court or sometimes go nowhere ... Dodd blasts insurance industry response to hurricanes ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Monday, March 12, 2007 Classical musician Peter Fletcher performed at the Vernon Parish Library this week as part of an ongoing cultural program. Fletcher performs classical favorites at Vernon Parish Library Mar 12, 2007
He has been invited to give recitals at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., Cincinnati's Memorial Hall, Furman University in Greenville, S.C., the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover and many other appearances. Last month, in February, Fletcher made his debut at Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall in New York City. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
Kodak adding printers to photo kiosks Mar 8, 2007 Treasured photo collection leaves Rochester Mar 2, 2007 Weekend Guide Mar 1, 2007 Bill and Georges Oscar Parties Feb 26, 2007 Going inside for some cool winter fun Feb 19, 2007 Local Vietnam veteran hopes to heal with his photos Feb 18, 2007 Kodak Is Cropping Out 3,000 More Jobs Feb 9, 2007 Kodak's Transformation Nearly Complete Feb 8, 2007 Kodak may get rid of film business Feb 8, 2007 Silent siren out of the box (Gary Arnold) Feb 8, 2007 Horror of forced sterilization Feb 4, 2007 Polk Museum of Art To Present Ansel Adams' ephemeral Views of the Eternal Jan 28, 2007 Thousands Demonstrate for Darfur Jan 22, 2007 New Darfur exhibit kicks off with candlelight vigil Jan 22, 2007 Modernization may doom Riviera projectors Jan 19, 2007 Kodak selling health-imaging division Jan 12, 2007 Progress for a nation of picture-taking fools Jan 11, 2007 Vital Statistics Jan 1, 2007
Kodak was founded by George Eastman in 1880 and began marketing the first consumer camera in 1886 with the slogan ``You press the button -- we do the rest. . (Chicago Tribune)
American reflections Mar 2, 2007
It is among the vintage photographs the George Eastman House is sending on a three-year exhibition tour of America that includes the Pensacola Museum of Art ... Associated Press photos/George Eastman House Colle WANT TO GO ... WHAT: "Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography" from the George Eastman House Collection. (Pensacola News Journal)
A treasured collection of famous vintage photographs is leaving the confines of Rochester's George Eastman House and hitting the road. The collection -- including iconic photo portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Babe Ruth -- will be displayed in small-town exhibits in such places as Zanesville in Ohio's Appalachian foothills and Hanceville in rural Alabama. (10NBC.com, NY)
"Picturing what Matters: An Offering of Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection," through June 3. Permanent collection of American art. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
George Eastman HouseGeorge Eastman House was packed with hundreds of people for the annual Oscar party. First, guests got the star treatment, and were greeted at the door by paparazzi. (WOKR13 Rochester)
If you're in Rochester through Feb. 26, stop by the George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., for Dutch Connection, the 13th annual George Eastman Conservatory Winter Bloom that fills the conservatory with more than 2,000 tulips, hyacinths and daffodils. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Monday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. (Buffalo News -- Arts)
News 10NBC took a closer look at the George Eastman House exhibit, "Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited." ... Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited is on exhibit now through May 6th at George Eastman House. (10NBC.com, NY)
"Kodak unveiled a trio of home printers Tuesday that produce documents and photos using ink cartridges that cost roughly half as much as the competition's. Analysts think the move could trigger a price war.Kodak's latest job cuts will bring extra restructuring charges of $400 million to $600 million, or total charges of $3.6 billion to $3.8 billion since 2004.It is now eliminating 28,000 to 30,000 jobs by year-end, with 23,300 already axed. And the sale of its 111-year-old health unit, partly... (The Ledger)
While Kodak remains the world's top maker of photographic film, Perez doesn't discount someday discarding the storied business that George Eastman launched in 1881. 2007 Associated Press. (WOKR13 Rochester)
It's the industry George Eastman pioneered a century ago. The industry on which the company, and much of Rochester itself, was built. (10NBC.com, NY)
She remained a kind of resident silent film eminence at the George Eastman House's movie archive for the final three decades of her life. Both the Tynan profile and Miss Brooks' memoir of Pabst are reprinted in a booklet with the DVD edition of "Pandora's Box." Mr. Tynan was pretty far gone on Louise Brooks, and in the course of his appreciation he confessed, "She has run through my life like a magnetic thread, this shameless urchin tomboy, this unbroken, unbreakable porcelain filly ... a... (Washington Times, DC)
The Eugenics Society of the United States, an organization funded by some of the country's wealthiest John D. Rockefeller and George Eastman of Eastman Kodak didn't just want to prevent people thought to be inferior from reproducing. It also encouraged progeny among those seen as better human stock. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
This is one stop for a traveling exhibit organized by the George Eastman House, an independent, non-profit museum in Rochester, N.Y. ... Then it treks back to the George Eastman House, travels to Georgia and ends in Scotland ... Jeanne Verhulst, assistant curator of exhibitions at the George Eastman House, said viewers will be in for a treat in a show that features a hefty representation of Adams career and many impressive, nature-inspired images, including a large showing of lesser known work. (The Ledger)
The marchers walked to the George Eastman House where they viewed images of Darfur on large screens of the lawn of the museum. The Eastman House also featured a documentary on the genocide in Darfur. (R News)
George Eastman House rallied the community to raise awareness and money for the people of Darfur ... Then, everyone marched down to George Eastman house, in silence, carrying candles ... The exhibit will be on display at the George Eastman House through April 22nd. (10NBC.com, NY)
Timothy Wagner, a film technician and part-time projectionist at the George Eastman House in Rochester, said one problem with carbon arc projection is that the rods are no longer manufactured in the United States, making them more costly. Wagner also noted it takes more skill and constant attention to operate a carbon arc projector. (Buffalo News)
Kodak founder George Eastman expanded photography's parameters to X-ray film in 1896 within months of German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery that X-rays would expose photographic plates. The health group, which makes X-ray film, medical printers and information management software and storage systems and employs 8,100 people, accounted for nearly one-fifth of Kodak's $14. (Buffalo News)
Life, or at least coming home from vacation, was easier in the days before George Eastman, the George who let you do it. Take pictures that is. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Irving George Eastman Jr. and Lynette Marie Pan-McDonald. Randall Alexander Ferris and Linda Lea Livingstone. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
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