Sunday at the Met

Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

John Paul Pennebaker

Sunday, October 14, 2012, 3:00–4:30 p.m.

Discover the techniques used by photographers to doctor their images from the nineteenth century to the present day through presentations and a conversation with the exhibition curator.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop.

Above: John Paul Pennebaker. Sealed Power Piston Rings (detail), 1933. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass. (olv work 490168)

Free with Museum admission

Lectures Channel in Met Media

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) | A Theater Audience (detail), 19th century | 1972.118.203

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Accommodations for Visitors with Hearing Loss

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The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium and the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education are equipped with infrared sound enhancement systems (with headsets and neck loops). To obtain a headset or neck loop please ask an usher. Headsets and neck loops are available free of charge with identification. Real-time captioning is also available upon request.