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ting
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NY
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Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher 2007
April 21 - M
ay 6, 200
7
This renow
ned annual juried exhibition of artwork b
y Lon
g Island high schoo
l students
inspired by
works on
view
at the
Heckscher returns for its eleventh year! View the
extraordinary talents of approxim
ately 80
students from across Nassau and Suffolk cou
nties.
Six Degrees of Separation
May
7 - June 15
, 200
7
Curated by Joy W
einer, D
irector of Education
and Public Program
s, and Kristina Seekam
p,
Coo
rdinator of Schoo
l and You
th Program
s, this exhibition w
ill include artw
ork of a broad
range of media, techniques, and subject m
atter dating from
the 1500s to the present. D
isplayed
in small them
atic groupings, the exhibition w
as designed to challenge our initial p
erception
s,
encouraging the view
er to draw new
, unexpected con
nection
s between traditionally very
disparate works of art.
*Museum to be Closed for Restoration*
Beginn
ing July 200
7
A m
uch-anticipated restoration
project w
ill close the Heckscher M
useum of Art’s doo
rs to the
public beginning in July 200
7. P
lease check our website www.heckscher.org for up-to-date
inform
ation. W
e know
you
will b
e excited and pleased w
hen w
e reop
en and are look
ing
forw
ard to continuing with a new
and im
proved School D
iscovery Program
as soon
as possible!
Joy W
einer
Director of Education
& Public Program
s
Kristina Seekam
p
Coo
rdinator of Schoo
l and You
th Program
s
Lucy Taylor
Coo
rdinator of Docents &
Adult Group Program
s
Craig Langlois
Coo
rdinator of Public Program
s/Museum Educator
Education Department Staff Call 631.351.3214
20
Fo
r fu
rth
er i
nfo
rmat
ion
on
ou
r u
pco
min
g ev
ents
& e
xhib
itio
ns,
ple
ase
visi
t o
ur
web
site
at http://www.heckscher.org
http://www.heckscher.org
http://www.heckscher.org
http://www.heckscher.org
Fut
ure
exhi
bition
s at
the
Hec
ksc
her
Mus
eum
of
Art
EXHIBITION RESOURCES: p. 6-19
MUSEUM RESOURCES: : : : p. 1-5, 20
Exhibition Summary…
….p. 6
Vocab
ulary……………..…
…...p. 7
Abou
t Adam
s & Lan
d…..p
. 8-9
Art Activities…
……….….p. 10-11
Internet Resou
rces…...p. 12-13
Images………………………....p. 14-19
Preparing for your visit………...…p. 2-3 Educator Resou
rces.….p. 5
Augu
st H
eckscher Biograp
hy...p
. 4 Future Exhibitions…
….p. 20
INSIDE
EXHIBITION & MUSEUM
RESOURCES GUIDE
Ap
ril G
orn
ick, Blue Moonlight, 2
003, oil
on li
nen, 25 x
25 in.
Art, Science,
and
Invention,
Photographs from the
Polaroid Collection
Ansel Adams
& Edwin Land:
Anse
l A
da
ms, M
oon a
nd
Half D
om
e,
Yosemite National Park, California,
1960, gela
tin silv
er print from
Pola
roid
Positive/N
ega
tive 4
x5 L
and
Film
Type
55, 19.5
x 1
5 in.
Marc
h 3
1 - Ju
ne
24, 20
07
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land: Art, Science and
Invention, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection is
org
anized a
nd sponso
red
by P
ola
roid
Corp
ora
tion. T
he e
xhib
itio
n is
circula
ted
by C
ura
torial
Ass
ista
nce T
ravelin
g E
xhib
itio
ns (C
ATE
), L
os
Angele
s.
EXHIBITION & MUSEUM
RESOURCES GUIDE
2
Please note the following
guidelines to ensure the best
experience for both you and
your students.
Materials
T
he Sch
ool Discovery Program
includes han
ds-on
activities which utilize a
variety of m
aterials provided by the Museum. W
e ask that you
rem
ind students
to pay special attention
to the proper use and care of art m
aterials. Becau
se of
the
unique
in-gallery working
environmen
t, extrem
e care must be
taken.
Students w
ill be asked
to put aw
ay and return the materials at the conclusion
of
each
project.
Arrival
T
he Museum opens promptly at 10:00 am. U
nfortunately, w
e cannot allow
grou
ps in before that tim
e. Afternoo
n sch
ool grou
ps may be required
to wait
mom
entarily w
hile morning grou
ps exit the Museum.
Conduct
T
he temptation
to
touch
artwork can
be great. It is im
portant for your
students to know
that objects in the Museum are o
rigina
l works of art that
cannot be replaced. W
e invite you
to look
and enjoy, w
ithou
t touch
ing. Also,
keep in m
ind that the Museum w
ill be op
en to the public during the program
. All visits include discu
ssion, indep
endent look
ing, and participatory activities.
Therefore we ask that you
rem
ind studen
ts to remain w
ith the grou
p at all times,
unless otherwise instructed. There shou
ld be no shou
ting, calling ou
t, or running
in the galleries.
Preparing for
You
r Sch
ool
Discovery Visit
Ansel Adams, Mount Williamson, the Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar,
California, 1945, gelatin silver print, 18-1/2 x 15-1/2 in. © 2006 The
Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
19
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
Ansel
Adams, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite,
c.
1967,
Polaroid PolaPan 4x5 Land Film Type 55, 4-3/8 x 3-1/2
in. ©
2006 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
18
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
Personal Belongings
P
lease have students leave lunch
es and all other personal belon
gings on the
bus. In the winter mon
ths, coat rack
s are available for you
r convenience.
Photography
P
hotography
in the
Museum is prohibited unless prior
permission
is ob
tained
from the Executive Director three weeks in
advance of your scheduled visit.
Restrooms and Handicapped Accessibility
R
estroo
m facilities at the Museum are located on the lower level and are only
accessed by stairs. If a student requires han
dicap
ped bathroom
facilities, these
are located in
the ad
jacent cottage building.
Nam
e Tags
N
ame tags for you
nger students are appreciated by Museum Educators.
Smoking
Smok
ing is prohibited in
all areas of the Museum.
Museum Edu
cators reserve th
e right to dism
iss a
ny group
at a
nytime from
the M
useum if they feel the grou
p presents a th
reat to
the safety of works on exhibition
.
3
4
Born in Ham
burg, German
y on
August
27,
1848,
August
Heckscher w
as to becom
e on
e of
the
foremost
capitalists
and
philan
thropists in
the United States.
Augu
st Heckscher was to fulfill the “A
merican
dream
” of
finan
cial
success
and
personal
accomplishment. Arriving
in this country, he
turned
his attention
s to industry and real estate,
becom
ing a well-respected o
perator and general
man
ager.
Tow
ard the
latter years
of his life,
Augu
st
Heckscher b
egan
the most im
portant ch
apter of
his career. As a
philan
thropist, he focu
sed on
social issues an
d ch
ild welfare. Creating
the
Heckscher Children’s Fou
ndation (now
hom
e of El
Museo del B
arrio), he sough
t to eradicate slum dwellings in N
ew Y
ork C
ity.
Heckscher established
playgrounds
in lower Man
hattan an
d purchased
Heckscher State Park in
East Islip, N
ew York.
In 1918, h
e purchased the Prime Avenue property adjoining the Historic Old First
Church in H
untington
, New
York. H
e created a park for children and adults to
enjoy. In 1919, the Heckscher M
useum of Art, a beautiful b
eaux-arts style fine arts
building, was added to the property. Heckscher’s o
riginal collection of 185
paintings and scu
lptures, including art from
the Renaissan
ce, the Hudson R
iver
Sch
ool, an
d early m
odernist American
art, filled the Museum. W
hen
the Museum
opened its doo
rs in 1920, H
eckscher dedicated
the Museum and surrou
nding park
to the people of Huntington
, especially “to the little birds that m
igrate, and to the
little children w
ho fortunately do not.”
Augu
st H
eckscher passed away on April 26
, 1941 at the age of 92. T
he Long Islander
described him
in an obituary as “perhap
s the finest benefactor that H
untington
ever had
.” Since his death, the Heckscher M
useum of Art has con
tinued to collect
artw
ork in h
is legacy, w
ith a p
erman
ent collection
now
featuring over 2,100
w
orks of art.
Penrhyn
Stanlaws, A
ugust H
eckscher, oil on
canvas, 47
½ x 34
¼ in.,
Heckscher
Museum of Art,
Augu
st Heckscher
Collection.
Who is August Heckscher? ???
17
Ansel Adams, Self-Portrait, c. 1971, Polaroid SX-70 photograph, 3-1/4 x
3 in. ©
2006 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
16
Ansel Adams, Manly Beacon, Death Valley National
Monument, Califormia, 1948, gelatin silver print, 19-
1/2 x 15 in. © 2006 The Ansel Adams Publishing
Rights Trust.
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
5
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ilable for lo
an by classroo
m and
art teachers.
A $25
.00 refund
able deposit is required for a tw
o week rental.
Please c
all the Edu
cation
Departm
ent a
t 631.351.3214 for availability.
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istory Slides are availab
le for a variety of exhibitions past & present.
Archived exhibition-related art
posters are availab
le free of charge.
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is
new
h
and
s-o
n
cura
tori
al
gam
e u
tili
zes
coll
abo
rati
ve l
earn
ing
as s
tud
ents
in
gra
des
6 t
o 1
2 cu
rate
th
eir
ow
n e
xhib
itio
ns
usi
ng
imag
es o
f w
ork
s in
th
e M
use
um
’s P
erm
anen
t C
oll
ecti
on
! F
ull
-co
lor
lam
inat
ed c
ard
s b
rin
g ar
two
rk d
atin
g fr
om
th
e 16
th t
hro
ugh
th
e 20
th c
entu
ry t
o l
ife,
il
lum
inat
ing
the
Mu
seu
m’s
ro
le a
s an
in
terd
isci
pli
nar
y r
eso
urc
e.
Bri
ng
this
fu
n-f
ille
d
gam
e in
to
yo
ur
clas
sro
om
! G
ames
ar
e n
ow
av
aila
ble
fo
r b
orr
ow
ing.
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leas
e ca
ll 6
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loan
in
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atio
n.
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rn m
ore
at www.heckscher.org!
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A variety
of art historical
film
s are available for lo
an.
6
This exh
ibitio
n of
86 p
hoto
gra
phs
by
Am
erica
n p
hoto
gra
pher
Anse
l A
da
ms
show
case
s th
e u
ncom
mon b
ea
uty
tha
t ca
n o
ccur
thro
ugh t
he c
onju
nction o
f
scie
nce a
nd
art. H
ere
we s
ee t
he a
rtistic o
utc
om
es
of
the m
eeting o
f tw
o k
ey
figure
s:
Anse
l A
da
ms,
fam
ed
p
hoto
gra
pher,
and
Ed
win
La
nd
, sc
ientist
a
nd
found
er of th
e P
ola
roid
Corp
ora
tion.
In 1
948,
the a
rt h
isto
ria
n C
lare
nce K
enned
y,
who w
as
a c
olle
ague o
f sc
ientist
Ed
win
H
. La
nd
, in
vited
th
e p
hoto
gra
pher
Anse
l A
da
ms
to La
nd
’s fa
cto
ry in
Ca
mbrid
ge,
Ma
ssa
chuse
tts
to v
iew
the f
irst
Pola
roid
La
nd
ca
mera
s.
After
tha
t
visit, A
da
ms
enth
usiast
ica
lly w
rote
to L
and
: “I lo
ok f
orw
ard
to t
ryin
g t
he c
am
era
out…
I a
m t
rem
end
ously e
xcited
ab
out
the a
ctu
al use
in t
he f
ield
and
stu
dio
. I
thin
k
it
pro
mises
to
be
one
of
the
gre
ate
st
steps
in
the
develo
pm
ent
of
photo
gra
phy. I o
nly
hop
e it
will n
ot
be p
rese
nte
d a
s a
curiosity
. I t
hin
k t
he f
irst
pre
senta
tion should
inclu
de w
ork
by top
photo
gra
phers
and
show
a b
roa
d ra
nge
of
ap
plic
ation.”
So b
ega
n a
uniq
ue a
nd
end
uring c
olla
bora
tion b
etw
een a
rtist
and
in
vento
r th
at
show
ed
w
ha
t w
as
poss
ible
w
hen tra
ditio
n and
in
nova
tion
join
ed
togeth
er.
Ad
am
s w
as hired
by L
and
as a
consu
lta
nt to
test
new
film
s a
nd
ana
lyze
resu
lts. D
r.
Land
felt tha
t th
e a
rtist could
tell us th
ings a
bout Pola
roid
pro
ducts
fro
m a
poin
t of
vie
w tha
t w
ould
be q
uite d
iffe
rent from
tha
t of th
e c
om
pa
ny's technic
al st
aff. H
e
sense
d tha
t a
rtists
would
push
Pola
roid
film
to the lim
its
and
rep
ort b
ack e
ven the
most
m
inute
pro
ble
ms. A
da
ms’
contrib
utions
led
th
e w
ay fo
r A
rtist
Sup
port
Pro
gra
ms
tha
t th
e P
ola
roid
Corp
ora
tion c
ontinues
to this d
ay. U
ltim
ate
ly, A
da
ms
sent over 3,0
00 m
em
os to
Pola
roid
.
With A
da
ms’
encoura
gem
ent, L
and
bega
n t
o c
olle
ct
prints
fro
m p
hoto
gra
phers
such a
s Ed
wa
rd W
est
on, M
arg
are
t Bourk
e-W
hite, Im
ogen C
unnin
gha
m, a
nd
oth
er
gia
nts
in t
he f
ield
of
cre
ative p
hoto
gra
phy.
These
im
ages
form
ed
the c
ore
of
wha
t w
ould
la
ter becom
e the P
ola
roid
Colle
ctions, inclu
din
g w
ork
s cre
ate
d o
n o
r
with P
ola
roid
Ma
teria
ls b
y a
rtists
such a
s W
illia
m W
egm
an,
Oliv
ia P
ark
er, C
huck
C
lose
, D
avid
Le
vin
thal,
Lucas
Sa
ma
ras, a
nd
sc
ore
s of
oth
ers
from
th
e
United
Sta
tes a
nd
aro
und
the w
orld
.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
Ansel Adams, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National
Park, 1960, Gelatin silver print from Polaroid Positive/
Negative 4x5 Land Film Type 55, 19-1/2 x 15 in. ©
2006
The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
15
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
14
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
Ansel Adams, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, 1968,
Polaroid Positive/Negative 4x5 Land Film Type 55, 3-1/2 x 4-3/8 in. ©
2006 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.
PHOTOGRAPH– An image, especially a positive print, recorded by a
camera
and
reproduced
on
a
photosensitive
surface.
POLAROID – A brand of material for producing polarized light from
unpolarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of a stretched
sheet of colorless plastic treated with an iodine solution so as to
have long, thin, parallel chains of polymeric molecules containing
conductive iodine atoms. Also called Polaroid Camera or Polaroid
Land Camera, the first brand of instant camera, developed by
Edwin H. Land and m
arketed since 1948.
LANDSCAPE – A work of art of an outdoor scene.
FOREGROUND – The part of a landscape that is nearest or closest to
the viewer, or in the front.
BACKGROUND – The part of a landscape that is furthest from the
viewer.
MIDDLEGROUND – The part of a landscape that shows the space
between the foreground and background.
SCALE – The relative size of an object or objects.
POINT OF VIEW – The perspective, or angle, from which a subject is
shown.
MONOCHROMATIC – A work of art that uses values of one color.
CONTRAST – The difference between dark and light.
VALUE – The degree of lightness or darkness of a color.
Vocabulary Words
7
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
8
Anse
l A
da
ms
is a
n A
merica
n p
hoto
gra
pher
know
n fo
r his bla
ck a
nd
w
hite
photo
gra
phs
of
Ca
liforn
ia’s
Yose
mite V
alle
y.
His p
hoto
gra
phs
are
am
ong t
he
best
-know
n im
ages in
the w
orld
, havin
g b
een inclu
ded
in h
undre
ds of exh
ibitio
ns
and
public
ations w
orldw
ide.
One o
f A
da
ms’
gre
at gifts
—a
nd
indeed
his g
ift to
photo
gra
phy—
wa
s his s
ingula
r
sensitivity to
th
e p
ow
er
of
light. Th
is q
ualit
y a
llow
ed
him
to
re
vea
l b
oth
th
e
min
ute
deta
ils a
nd
the g
randio
se b
ea
uty
of
our
na
tura
l environm
ent.
Ad
am
s
said
of
his w
ork
, “M
y a
ppro
ach t
o p
hoto
gra
phy is
ba
sed
on m
y b
elie
f in
the
asp
ects
of
gra
nd
eur
and
min
utia
e a
ll a
bout
us.”
His p
hoto
gra
phs
are
wid
ely
recognized
for th
eir sup
erb
aest
hetic a
nd
technic
al q
ualit
ies.
At a
ge 1
7 h
e join
ed
the S
ierra
Clu
b, a
gro
up
ded
ica
ted
to p
rese
rvin
g the n
atu
ral
world
’s w
ond
ers
a
nd
re
sourc
es. A
da
ms
rem
ain
ed
a
m
em
ber
thro
ughout
his
lifetim
e and
se
rved
as
a directo
r. H
e b
eca
me a
n environm
enta
list, a
nd
his
photo
gra
phs
are
a record
of w
ha
t m
any o
f th
e n
ationa
l p
ark
s w
ere
lik
e b
efo
re
hum
an inte
rvention a
nd
tra
vel.
Ad
am
s w
ante
d h
is w
ork
to b
e s
een b
y m
any,
not ju
st the few
who c
ould
afford
to p
urc
ha
se it. H
e c
hose
severa
l of his im
ages
and
arra
nged
to h
ave them
printe
d a
s a
fford
ab
le p
ost
ers
and
ca
lend
ars
.
Besid
es
his o
wn a
rtistic c
ontrib
utions, A
da
ms
pla
yed
an a
dditio
nal in
tegra
l ro
le in
the a
ccep
tance o
f p
hoto
gra
phy a
s a
fin
e a
rt. T
he D
ep
artm
ent of Photo
gra
phy
at th
e M
use
um
of M
od
ern
Art in N
ew
York
wa
s fo
unded
with h
is h
elp
in 1
940. S
ix
yea
rs la
ter, h
e s
tarted t
he p
hoto
gra
phy d
ep
artm
ent
at
the S
an F
rancisco A
rt
Inst
itute
.
The p
hoto
gra
pher p
ublis
hed
his v
ery
success
ful b
ook Yosemite and the Range of
Light
in 1
979, w
hic
h h
as
since s
old
over tw
o h
und
red
thousa
nd
cop
ies.
Am
ong
his m
any honors
, A
da
ms
wa
s th
e re
cip
ient
of
thre
e G
uggenheim
fe
llow
ship
s
during his ca
reer. Th
e M
ina
rets
W
ildern
ess
in
th
e In
yo N
ationa
l Fore
st w
as
rena
med
the A
nse
l A
da
ms
Wild
ern
ess
in 1
984 in h
is h
onor. M
ount
Anse
l A
da
ms,
a
11,7
60’ p
ea
k in
the S
ierra
Nevad
a, w
as nam
ed
after him
in 1
985.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Feb
rua
ry 2
0, 1
902
— A
pri
l 22
, 19
84
Ansel Easton Adams
13
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
Ansel Adam
s Resources (cont’d)
BBC.com - 1976 Interview with Ansel Adam
s (audio files)
URL: h
ttp://w
ww.bbc.co
.uk/bbcfour/au
diointerviews/profilepag
es/adam
sa1.shtm
l
Ansel A
dam
s Quotes
URL: h
ttp://w
ww.brainyquote.com/quotes/au
thors/a/ansel_ad
ams.htm
l
Edwin Land Resources
Biography of Edwin Land by Victor K. M
cElheny
URL: h
ttp://books.nap
.edu/htm
l/biomem
s/elan
d.htm
l
Edwin Land & Instant Photography
URL: h
ttp://inven
tors.about.co
m/gi/dynam
ic/offsite.htm
?site=
http://w
eb.m
it.edu/
inven
t/iow/lan
d.htm
l
Edwin Land: A
Summary of Achievements
URL: h
ttp://w
ww.rowland.harvard.edu/organ
ization/lan
d/index
.php
12
Internet Resources
General Exhibition Resources
About the Exhibition - Vero Beach M
useum of Arts
U
RL: h
ttp://w
ww.polaroid.com/studio/exhibit/adam
s/index
.htm
l
The Polaroid Collection
URL: h
ttp://w
ww.polaroid.com/compan
y_info/collec
tion.jsp
The Land List - Polaroid Cam
era Catalogue & Film Index
U
RL: h
ttp://w
ww.rwhirled.com/lan
dlist/lan
dhome.htm
Ansel Adam
s Resources
PBS.org - Ansel Adam
s: A Documentary Film
U
RL: h
ttp://w
ww.pbs.org/w
gbh/amex
/ansel/
PBS.org - Teacher’s Guide to Ansel A
dam
s: A Documentary Film
U
RL: h
ttp://w
ww.pbs.org/w
gbh/amex
/ansel/tguide/index
.htm
l
Masters of Photography.com - Ansel Adam
s U
RL: h
ttp://w
ww.m
asters-of-photography.com/A
/adam
s/ad
ams.htm
l
Ansel Adams & Edwin Land:
Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection
9
Ed
win
La
nd
wa
s a
n a
ccla
imed
Am
erica
n s
cie
ntist
whose
achie
vem
ents
sp
anned
the d
iscip
lines
of
art, sc
ience, te
chnolo
gy a
nd
com
merc
e. O
ver
his lifetim
e, he
wa
s gra
nte
d o
ver
500 U
.S. p
ate
nts
, st
and
ing s
econd
only
to T
hom
as
Ed
ison. H
e
wa
s a
lso gra
nte
d th
e M
ed
al
of
Fre
ed
om
—th
e hig
hest
honor
gra
nte
d to
U.S
.
civ
ilia
ns.
Land
w
as
distinguished
fo
r his
inventions
and
contrib
utions
in
the
field
s of
pola
rize
d lig
ht, p
hoto
gra
phy,
and
colo
r visio
n.
Ded
ica
ted
to a
pp
lyin
g n
atu
ral
scie
nce to e
very
da
y life, he m
ast
ere
d the a
rt o
f giv
ing p
eople
wha
t th
ey w
ante
d
at a
price they c
ould
afford
. H
e c
onceiv
ed
and
pro
duced
the first
mod
ern
filt
ers
to p
ola
rize
lig
ht
in 1
929 a
nd
form
ed
a c
om
pa
ny t
o m
ark
et
them
for
use
in s
uch
pro
ducts
as
sungla
sses
and
gla
re-fre
e a
uto
mob
ile h
ea
dlig
hts
. H
e s
pent his e
ntire
ad
ult lif
e exp
erim
enting a
nd
in
nova
ting in
th
e field
of
op
tics, from
p
rod
ucin
g
record
ing sy
stem
s use
d b
y th
e U.S
. in
W
orld
W
ar
II to
p
rop
osing th
e “re
tinex”
theory
of hum
an c
olo
r p
erc
ep
tion.
Of
all
his accom
plis
hm
ents
, it w
as
thro
ugh La
nd
’s fo
und
ing of
the Pola
roid
Corp
ora
tion in 1
937 a
nd
invention a
nd
ma
rketing o
f in
sta
nt p
hoto
gra
phy tha
t he
wa
s fo
rever
imm
ortaliz
ed
.
His
aim
w
as
to
cre
ate
a
sy
stem
of
one-s
tep
photo
gra
phy, p
uttin
g the c
hem
istry o
f th
e d
ark
room
betw
een tw
o s
heets
of film
and
pro
ducin
g a
fin
ished
in 6
0 s
econd
s.
Incid
enta
lly, th
e id
ea w
as
spurred
during a
fa
mily
vaca
tion in S
anta
Fe.
His t
hre
e-y
ea
r old
da
ughte
r a
t th
e t
ime
ask
ed
her fa
ther w
hy s
he c
ould
n’t
see the p
ictu
re h
e h
ad
ta
ken rig
ht a
wa
y. T
he
firs
t Pola
roid
La
nd
ca
mera
wa
s firs
t offere
d for sa
le o
n N
ovem
ber 26, 1948 a
nd
he
continued
to im
pro
ve h
is in
vention in
the y
ears
follo
win
g.
The e
nte
rprise
he led f
or
half a
centu
ry w
as
less
a b
usiness
than a
n i
nst
itution
focuse
d o
n m
akin
g s
ignific
ant
inventions.
In 1
975,
he t
old
a p
ress
inte
rvie
wer,
“Every
sig
nific
ant
invention h
as
severa
l cha
racte
rist
ics.
By d
efinitiio
n it
must
be
sta
rtlin
g, unexp
ecte
d, a
nd
must
com
e into
a w
orld
tha
t is not
pre
pa
red
for it. If
the w
orld
were p
repa
red
for it, it w
ould
not be m
uch o
f a
n in
vention.”
By the tim
e L
and
left the P
ola
roid
corp
ora
tion in
the 1
980s, the c
om
pa
ny
gre
w to n
ea
rly 2
0,0
00 e
mplo
yees.
ABOUT THE INVENTOR
Ma
y 7,
190
9 —
Ma
rch
1,
1991
Edwin Herbert Land
8
For all of the following activities, first look carefully at various w
orks of art
from the exhibition Ansel Adams & Edwin Land: Art, Science, and Invention,
Photographs from the Polaroid Collection.
The SCIENCE of Art (Grades 2-12)
10
Art ActivitY IDEAS
Ansel Adams is, of course, not the only artist who has collaborated w
ith a
scientist/inventor. Many artists throughout history have looked to science
for collaboration and inspiration. Research such artists who have created
artwork based on a particular scientific subject and/or invention.
Suggested Activities:
�Hands-on: Have students create group presentations about the artists
and their artwork and/or create original works of art inspired by the
artists’ work.
�Interdisciplinary Connections: Work w
ith science teacher(s) in your
school or
district
to make specific connections with the science
curriculum. Develop a project based on the artwork of an artist who was
inspired by the topics currently being covered.
�Community Collaborations: Visit a science m
useum or lab and base an
art project upon the inform
ation or subject explored.
PANORAMIC POSSIBILITiES (Grades 2-12)
Ansel Adams is renowned for the grandeur achieved in his photographs of
landscapes. Discuss how he achieved this effect in his artwork through a
command of light, value, and perspective. Introduce students to the
term
“panorama” and show examples of panoramic landscapes. How is
viewing a panorama a unique visual experience?
Suggested Activities
�Hands-on: Have students select an Ansel Adams photograph of their
choice and place a reproduction of it in the center of a piece of drawing
paper/canvas cut to panoramic dimensions. Extend the landscape out in
both directions to create an imaginary panorama in the m
edia of choice.
�Technology: Have students photograph or bring in m
ultiple photographs
of a single landscape. Use Adobe Photoshop or another photo editing
program to edit/m
anipulate the photographs. Experiment with “sewing”
them together to create an original, digital panorama.
CAPTURING the EVER-Changing EnvironmenT
(Grades 6-12)
Many of Adams’ photographs serve as documentation of the ever-changing
landscape of the United States, particularly its National Parks. Discuss how
art can act as visual documentation of a changing time or place. Remind
students that before photography, artwork was the only way to create a
lasting image of a person, place, or thing. Art has the power to freeze a
time and place for eternity, therefore acting as a valuable visual resource
for people to m
ake powerful connections to the past.
Suggested Activities:
�Explore: Have students research the history of a particular site—a town,
city,
building,
or
other
locale (for
example:
their school, home,
hometown, park, or favorite vacation spot.) Then guide students in
finding a series of works of art that portray the site, thus acting as a
form
of visual documentation, over a period of time. Encourage students
to compare and contrast these w
orks of art w
ith one another and note
any changes in them. Are these changes the result of the artists
opinions, styles, or media? Are they reactions to physical changes to the
site, social or political changes, or changes in the art world? Raise open-
ended questions to encourage critical thinking such as “Can the viewer
“trust” a work of art as the “true” image of a place or time?” Students
may then present their findings in the form
of an oral presentation for
their class.
�Interdisciplinary Connections: Collaborate with the Language Arts/
English teacher(s) in your school to incorporate a writing component.
Based on their findings, have students respond to the above question in
written form
(For example: an essay, poem, or other writing exercise)
�Hands-on: Students create their own original work of art that will be a
present “documentation” of the site chosen. If possible, visit the site or
sites. Otherwise, work from photographs and other visual sources.
�Multicultural Connections: Have students research the country or
countries of their family’s heritage as the starting point for the project.
�Interdisciplinary Connections: Work with the history teacher(s) in
your school or district to research a particular site that coordinates with
the social studies curriculum.
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