August 20, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Leslie Unger - (310) 247-3000

	John Phillip Law on the beach at Ostia, outside Rome, 1964.

Beverly Hills, CA - One hundred and fifty images of film figures from both sides of the camera, all shot by fine art photographer Pat York over the past four decades, will be featured in a new exhibition at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning September 12. Like all exhibitions at the Academy, "Imaging and Imagining: The Film World of Pat York" is free and open to the public.

York started her career as a journalist in the fashion department of Vogue. After a stint as a photographer/travel editor at Glamour, which took her around the world on assignments, she became a freelance photographer, often being hired as "special photographer" on film sets, including those on which her husband, actor Michael York, was working. Over the years, her freelance work has appeared in such publications as Life, People, Town & Country, Playboy and Newsweek.

"Imaging and Imagining" includes images of film talents as diverse as Sean Connery, Zooey Deschanel, Federico Fellini, Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Hopkins, John Huston, Anjelica Huston, Tony Kaye, Gene Kelly, George Lucas, Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Laurence Olivier, Tom Stoppard, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta and Andy Warhol. The earliest images are from the very beginning of York's career; the most recent have been shot within the last month.

While the exhibition will feature images from the past four decades, York will be using today's most advanced archival printing technology to print her photographs. The vintage and newly-shot color and black-and-white images will be printed specifically for this installation, the Academy's first exhibition to be entirely digitally printed, since new Ultrachrome inks have now made it possible to produce archival quality, long lasting exhibition prints that meet the standards of fine art photographers.

Support for the printing of this exhibition has been provided by Epson America, Inc.

"Imaging and Imagining: The Film World of Pat York" will continue at the Academy through December 7. Gallery viewing hours are Tuesday through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call 310-247-3600.