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The 19^th century brought a variety of developments in science and technology, very notably the invention and development of the camera and photography alongside newer capabilities of architecture. Many say that the two grew hand in hand and played off of each other. In reference to architecture, M. Mack said it “has colluded with the cameras ability to manipulate our sense of space, while photography has been obsessively applied to the documentation and interpretation of architecture as a manifestation of culture." Architecture and its developments can very distinctly reflect on humanity in a way no other art form can. Emerging from California’s Bay Area in the late nineties, Todd Hido combined his interests of photography and architecture to tell an honest story of the human experience, giving architecture a direct connection to the human beings that inhibit their structures. Through his images of interiors and exteriors, the viewer can catch a glimpse into Hido’s personal life journey and his thoughts on nostalgia, perception and human presence.

In terms of the last couple hundred years, photography, having emerged in the late 19^th century, is easily still in its infancy. Although many photographers still struggle finding acceptance and breaking into the fine art world, the camera’s ability to capture, and in some ways alter, reality is unparalleled by any other medium. Todd Hido uses his camera’s abilities to their fullest extent to tell his own life story and conceptualize his thoughts on how homes and landscapes can tell more about the human experience than photographs of actual humans ever could.

A collection of books whose intitial publication exposed readers to the natural splendor of the Yosemite National park, founded in 1890. Contained within the books of this exhibit are travel accounts, natural and cultural histories of the native people prior to and during the contact period. 

The main goal of this exhibit is to showcase the diversity of the books found within Humboldt State University Library's Rare Books Collections. 

The secondary obective of this exhibit is to provide access to digitized plates found within three of these books for those curious in seeing how Yosemite National Park looked before the 1920s.

For those interested in exploring more primary researh resources about North-Western Claifornia we encourage you to visit Humboldt State University's Humboldt Room.

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