This event is in the past.It took place on April 14, 2026 at The Bancroft Library.
Step into the story of how America first pictured the West. This lecture and pop-up exhibition uncovers the California Camera Club, a forgotten collective whose photographers shaped the cultural imagination of California at the turn of the 20th century.
scholarly lecture
photography history
archival exhibition
American West
Tips
📸see rare photos from the 1900s
🎓lecture by Sorbonne professor
⏰exhibit and lecture are separate times
Pop-Up Exhibition & Lecture
Northside
Step into the story of how America first pictured the West. This lecture and pop-up exhibition uncovers the California Camera Club, a forgotten collective whose photographers shaped the cultural imagination of California at the turn of the 20th century.
scholarly lecture
photography history
archival exhibition
American West
Tips
📸see rare photos from the 1900s
🎓lecture by Sorbonne professor
⏰exhibit and lecture are separate times
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