September 15, 2007-November 9, 2008
East of the River: Continuity and Change
To celebrate the museum's 40th anniversary, this exhibition documents the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the present, while offering possible visions for the future.
Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, D.C.
October 18, 2007-October 1, 2008
Currents: Recent Acquisitions
The selection of acquisitions for this exhibition reflects the great diversity of works being acquired by the Hirshhorn, ranging from conceptual photography to sculpture. Featuring photographs by Christopher Williams, Lee Friedlander, and Nikki S. Lee.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
November 2, 2007-October 5, 2008
One Life: Katharine Hepburn
The exhibition of forty-three objects will also include her four Oscar statues—the most won by anyone for best actress—images from her life and career, and clips from a selection of her films, interviews, and television appearances.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
November 2, 2007-November 8, 2008
Discovering Rastafari!
This exhibition will feature rare photographs, video footage, artifacts, and ephemera to explore the origins and practice of the Rastafari religion in Jamaica and the movement's subsequent spread throughout the African Diaspora and the world.
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
February 8, 2008-October 26, 2008
RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
This exhibition will feature images of hip-hop stars by seven artists who have explored the hip-hop phenomenon. Since its inception in the 1970s, hip-hop has been arguably the most influential and popular musical form in America.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
March 21, 2008-January 2, 2009
In Plane View
Details of the often overlooked "simple beauty" of aircraft and spacecraft design can be seen in the fifty-six color photographs by museum photographer Carolyn Russo.
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
April 11, 2008-September 1, 2008
Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer
In these images Zaida Ben-Yusuf sought not only to portray the key figures in “new New York,” but also to revitalize an artistic genre that had grown stale by the end of the nineteenth century.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
April 11, 2008-September 1, 2008
Edward Steichen: Portraits
This exhibition, drawn exclusively from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection of Steichen’s photographs, will feature images from the years of his association with Vanity Fair as well as examples of Steichen’s earlier portrait work.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
April 17, 2008-October 31, 2008
The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Legendary Botanist Richard Evans Schultes
Black-and-white photographs of the Amazon River and adjacent regions—including portraits of people, landscapes, and plants—taken in the field in the 1940s by Dr. Richard Evans Schultes bring together natural history science and photographic art.
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
May 18, 2008-October 5, 2008
Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia
Located at an off-site venue, this exhibition discusses the history of social relations from Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century through the prism of baseball.
Anacostia Community Museum, Historical Society of Washington, Washington, D.C.
June 2008-October 2008
Botanica Magnifica
Photographer Jonathan Singer captures the essence of plant form, color and texture in his large-format images, enhancing the viewer’s appreciation of the complexity of the botanical world.
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
June 11, 2008-October 26, 2008
Nature's Best Photography: Ocean Views
On view are a selection of images—taken by photographers of all levels from around the world—from a special Nature's Best Photography contest created to complement the museum's upcoming Ocean Hall. The images provide insight into ocean life—its beauty, its fragility, its importance to health of our planet.
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
June 20, 2008-November 9, 2008
Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
On view will be more than forty photographs by Barbara Bosworth, including "The Bitterroot River," a series that deals with loss and recovery, and recent color photographs of songbirds and the New England landscape surrounding her home near Boston, Massachusetts.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
June 25-29, 2008 & July 2-6, 2008
Participate! 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Documentation Project
Submit images to Flickr. Check back as slideshows of images submitted by Festival visitors and Smithsonian staff, interns, and volunteers are updated daily during the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Photography Initiative, Washington, D.C.
July 1, 2008-January 15, 2009
Eyes on the World: Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
This exhibition features approximately twenty photographs from the winners and other finalists of the Smithsonian magazine's 5th Annual Photo Contest from the United States and around the world.
Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C.
July 12, 2008-January 25, 2009
Seascapes: Tyron and Sugimoto
A series of twenty-two pastels of the Maine coast, known collectively as "Sea Moods" (1915-1916), by American landscape painter Dwight Tyron (1849-1925) will be juxtaposed with six black-and-white photographs from the ongoing series "Seascapes" by contemporary Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C.
September 26, 2008-January 4, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
This exhibition will feature approximately forty paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe and fifty photographs by Ansel Adams that show their deep commitment to revealing the beauty of the American landscape.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
October 10, 2008-February 1, 2009
Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs
This exhibition is a is a photographic celebration of 91 women who have challenged and changed America. There will be rarely seen photographs of such women as Marilyn Monroe, Helena Rubenstein, Hannah Arendt, Billie Holiday, Gloria Steinem, Sylvia Plath, and many others.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
October 24, 2008-June 21, 2009
Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers
This poignant exhibition, drawn primarily from the collection of Larry J. West, will feature rare and exquisite jewelry containing portraits in the 19th century's four main photographic processes—daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper prints.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
December 4, 2008-May 10, 2009
Portraiture Now: Feature Photography
This exhibition will feature six photographers—Katy Grannan, Jocelyn Lee, Ryan McGinley, Steve Pyke, Martin Schoeller, and Alex Soth—who, by working on assignment for publications such as the New Yorker, Esquire, and the New York Times Magazine, each bring their distinctive "take" on contemporary portraiture to a broad audience.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
December 5, 2008-March 1, 2009
Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
This retrospective exhibition will feature eighty-five photographs—both black-and-white and color—by landscape photographer Frank Gohlke (b. 1942), taken from the early 1970s through 2004.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Permanent Exhibitions
The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
The centerpiece of the gallery is the original 1903 Wright Flyer, displayed on the ground for the first time since acquired by the Smithsonian in 1948. Also on view are 250 photographs and 150 other artifacts.
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake
Through photographs, maps, ceremonial and everyday objects, and interactives, this panel display provides both an overview of the history and events affecting the Native peoples of the Chesapeake Bay region and information on their continued presence today.
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
Renovating a Landmark: From Patent Office to Reynolds Center
This small exhibition, installed in the historic fabric room located adjacent to the coatroom near the museums' F Street lobby, highlights aspects of the renovation with photographs, architectural artifacts from the building and objects discovered during the excavation of the courtyard.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
