After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age June 19–September 8, 2013
Thomas Kellner, 51#01 Houston, Dancing Chimneys, Houston Refinery, 2006, chromogenic print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase with funds provided by Photo Forum 2007. © Thomas Kellner
Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao, Coney Island, 2010, inkjet print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist. © Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao
Michael Somoroff, Girl in Fairground Caravan, from the series Absence of Subject, 2007, gelatin silver print with selenium toning, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist. © Michael Somoroff, All Rights Reserved
Loretta Lux, Three Wishes, 2001, silver dye bleach print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery. © Loretta Lux, courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
This small installation of 10 works from the MFAH photography collection continues the conversation started by the major exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop. Although photographers have long used manual techniques to alter their images, digital cameras and software applications such as Adobe Photoshop have made this process quicker, easier, and more accessible than ever before.
Whereas Faking It reveals the ways in which photographers—from the 1840s to 1990s—used the tools of their day to manipulate images, After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age explores how artists use digital technology to alter photographic images in the 21st century.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.