[BCMA] Upcoming Exhibit at the Chilliwack Museum

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New Exhibit: Photography from Obscura to App

Chilliwack, B.C. - September 23, 2016 - The Chilliwack Museum and Archives is thrilled to mark the opening of our exhibit: Photography from Obscura to App, with a reception on Thursday, September 22. The event takes place from 7:00 to 9:00pm at the Chilliwack Museum. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. The 10 month exhibit will run from September 23rd, 2016 to June 11, 2017.

Photography from Obscura to App shows how developments in photographic processes and techniques have formed the way people photograph today and illustrates how photography has shaped the collective perception of today's world. Visitors can make acquaintance with striking processes and technologies across the history of photography that have led it from a toilsome and complicated procedure to contemporary digital images, which have made everyone a photographer.

Visitors to the exhibit will learn how economic conditions over time have sparked new ideas, which have made photography less expensive and more exact, from the original Kodak Brownie camera of 1900 to the popularity of instant cameras in the 1970s. The competition between various technologies and processes that began with the invention of photography in 1839 has resulted in the abundance of easily accessible images we surround ourselves with today.

Showcased in the exhibit are many important cameras and photographs from the renowned collection of photographer Norman Williams, who owned Norman Williams Photographic Studios for many decades. One camera of special importance is Williams' Speed Graphic, purchased in 1949 at a cost of $129. Williams packed this camera to weddings for 20 years. Between 1947 and the 1970s, Williams shot some thousands of photographs of Chilliwack weddings on this camera.

The exhibit will also feature 1 of 2 original 35mm movie projectors used at Chilliwack's Paramount Theatre at Five Corners. At the time of its opening in 1949, the Paramount Theatre was thought of as Chilliwack's first skyscraper.  The Paramount had a spectacular frontage with a large marquee, lit with synchronized lights and neon borders.  The 2 projectors were estimated to have a combined value of $13,000 or $140,000 if adjusted for inflation.

The Chilliwack Museum and Archives tells the stories of Chilliwack's citizens, connecting people to the past. The Museum, located in the City of Chilliwack's former City Hall, features annual historical exhibits, gift shop and museum programming. The Archives, located in Evergreen Hall, is the research and preservation centre for Chilliwack's artifacts and archival records of enduring value.


Contact: Jane Lemke, Curator at 778-771-4775

Email: jane at chilliwackmuseum.ca<mailto:deborah at chilliwackmuseum.ca>



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