Louisville, Kentucky - The Speed Art Museum brings to Louisville images that changed the way we view the world.  With over 200 iconic works drawn from the world-renowned collections of the George Eastman House, this exhibition explores photography from 1839 daguerreotype to September 11, 2001.  On display from June 19 through September 16, 2007, the exhibition will also include restored and archived film clips from before 1923.

Visitors will see some of this country’s most important images, including Matthew Brady’s photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Robert Capa’s D-Day, Omaha Beach and Dorthea Lange’s Migrant Mother.  The exhibition also includes some of the most visually stunning images ever captured on film by prominent photographers Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Weston and many others.

The Best of Photography and Film from George Eastman House Collection was organized by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.  The film component of the exhibition includes film clips, celebrity portraits, motion picture stills, lobby cards and movie posters.

Exhibition support in Louisville has been provided by Hilliard Lyons with additional support from The Courier Journal, The Real Yellow Pages® and Woodward, Hobson & Fulton LLC.

In addition to The Best of Photo and Film, the Speed Art Museum is also proud to present A Large Format Photography Primer on view at the Speed from April 3 through September 9, 2007.  This show will display twenty large format photographs in conjunction with The Large Format Photography Convention to be held in Louisville Summer, 2007.  Admission is free to this exhibition.

A national leader in arts education, serving over 30,000 children each year, the Speed Art Museum has repeatedly been voted Kentucky’s best museum and is considered one of the top ten sites each Kentuckian should visit.  The Speed honors its mission to bring great art to our communities through its distinguished collections and as the Commonwealth’s number one venue for international art exhibitions.

The Speed Art Museum is located at 2035 South Third Street in Louisville.  Other features of the museum include a hands-on Art Learning Center for families, a café and gift shop. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.  The museum is closed on Mondays.  For general information, call (502) 634-2700 or visit www.speedmuseum.org