DATE: September 11 – October 30, 2009

TIME: The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; a free public reception will be held October 23, from 5 to 7 p.m.

LOCATION: Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV

DETAILS: Free and open to the public

Ecologist and noted Nevada photographer Gary Reese will present “A State of Change,” a photo exhibit at the Barrick Museum of Natural History at UNLV. The exhibit runs from Sept. 11 through Oct. 30 and is free and open to the public.

Through “A State of Change,” Reese digitally blended close to 60 photos from famed Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan with his own images of Nevada’s urban and rural landscapes to reveal the dramatic cultural and environmental changes Nevada has experienced over the past century.

“Many new residents to Nevada have a difficult time recognizing the relevance of Nevada history,” said Reese. “Without a sense of the past, they are less apt to appreciate the contributions of previous citizens and therefore less likely to consider themselves Nevadans.”

O’Sullivan’s photographs of Nevada from 1867-71 represent many of the earliest photographs taken in the state. Reese’s contemporary style of re-photographic survey photography allows viewers time-lapse snapshots into the state of change of those subjects O’Sullivan found culturally and environmentally significant.

Subjects depicted in this application include the loss of historically significant structures, neglected and fire prone forests, neglect of blighted rural towns and destruction of unoccupied property.

Reese owns the Plaza Gallery in Henderson, Nev. and is a part-time photography instructor at the College of Southern Nevada. For more information on the exhibit, please visit http://barrickmuseum.unlv.edu or call (702) 895-3381.

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UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff. Founded in 1957, the university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is located on a 332-acre campus in dynamic Southern Nevada and is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.