Exhibitions: Photography

CERA exhibitions represent a variety disciplines including art, history, nature, and photography. Browse the exhibition categories listed to the left to see the full array of CERA exhibitions available. Current CERA photography exhibitions include the following:

Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier
This is the first comprehensive exhibition on Aurelius Ormando Carpenter (1836–1919), one of the early and most talented photographers to set up shop in Mendocino County. A. O. Carpenter gives a representative documentation of period photography and early Northern California history.

Past Tents: The Way We Camped
"Past Tents" explores camping in California from post-Gold Rush to the mid-1900s.

Ernie Levy and Erwin Levy, photograph by Evvy Eisen.

Multiply By Six Million: Portraits and Stories of California Holocaust Survivors
This exhibit presents a visually arresting and powerful first-person history of one of the defining events of the 20th century through portraits and personal stories of Holocaust survivors.

Hunkpapa Sioux Indian boys, Fort Yates, North Dakota . Photo by Greg MacGregor.

Lewis and Clark Revisited: A Trail in Modern Day

Following in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they searched for the Northwest Passage, contemporary photographer Greg MacGregor traces the historic 19th century journey west to see the route as it exists today. The exhibition pairs MacGregor's photographs with journal entries from the Lewis and Clark dairies, showing the transformation of the land and its people.

Pave It and Paint It Green, Yosemite National Park, mid-1960s. Photograph by Rondal Partridge.

From the Byways to the Highways: Rondal Partridge Photographs California 1936 – 1969
Rondal Partridge's unique combination of photographic skills – learned from his mother, Imogen Cunningham, mentors, and colleagues – and a keen, personal vision, enabled him to successfully capture three decades of tumultuous change in California.