Say Cheese! Portraits to Pics August 16, 2012

'Say Cheese! Portraits to Pics' explores more than 150 years of family portraiture, from the earliest daguerreotypes to digital photography today. Drawing on BHS's rich photography collections, the exhibit examines the ways in which changing technology has impacted the many ways people have documented their everyday moments, family milestones, and special events over time. 'Say Cheese! Portraits to Pics' includes a wide range of photographic styles and mediums: processes such as ambrotypes and tintypes, prints from early twentieth-century Kodak cameras, and recently-acquired born-digital portraits. 'Say Cheese! Portraits to Pics' is curated by the high school students in Brooklyn Historical Society's Exhibition Laboratory program.