Don’t eat the photos

Without the evolution of photographic technology, modern man wouldn’t be able to capture a picture of his cat stuck in between the sofa cushions and send it to everyone he knows via his mobile phone in a matter of seconds.

Lucky, aren’t we?

And even luckier are we for the opportunity to see that evolution of the photographic medium—albeit by arguably more deliberate and artful capturers than the cat-lady man—in Brought to Light: Masterworks of Photography From the Crocker Art Museum. Mix it up this Second Saturday by taking in the exhibition—which features work from the 19th and 21st centuries and artists Thomas Annan, Ruth Bernhard, Dean Burton, Lewis deSoto, Harold E. Edgerton, Robert Heinecken, Chris McCaw, Marion Post Wolcott, Tracy Snelling among others—as an appetizer to the art walk. Although, it may feel like a full meal, with work that reconsiders the photographic process like McCaw’s, whose long exposures on vintage silver-gelatin paper are actually cooked by the sun inside the camera. But there’s no need to worry: It’s delicious and digestible.