National Gallery of Art - EXHIBITIONS
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop
February 17–May 5, 2013

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Image: In the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photographs before the digital age, some 200 works will demonstrate that today's digitally altered photographs are part of a tradition that extends back to the beginning of photography. Featuring visually captivating photographs, the exhibition will trace photographic manipulation from the 1840s through the 1980s and show that photography is—and always has been—a medium of fabricated truths and artful lies.

Organization: Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 11, 2012–January 27, 2013; National Gallery of Art, Washington, February 17–May 5, 2013; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July–October 2013.

Passes: Passes are not required for this exhibition.

The exhibition is on view in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, Ground Floor.