November 26, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Leslie Unger - (310) 247-3000
                       lunger@oscars.org

Beverly Hills, CA - The exhibition of 150 images of film figures from both sides of the camera, all shot by fine art photographer Pat York over the past four decades, will conclude its run at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on December 7.

	Ringo Starr and Nancy Andrews in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1977.

"Imaging and Imagining: The Film World of Pat York" 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.

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.

While the exhibition features images from the past four decades, York used today's most advanced archival printing technology to print her photographs. The vintage and newly-shot color and black-and-white images were 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 was provided by Epson America, Inc.

"Imaging and Imagining: The Film World of Pat York" will close at Academy on December 7. Except for being closed on November 27 and 28 in observance of Thanksgiving, gallery viewing hours are Tuesday through Friday, 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.