On loan from the Museum of the Albemarle, Look Again: Discovering Historical Photos examines how the introduction of photography changed the way in which history has been recorded. Consisting of reprints of photographs from the collection of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, Look Again highlights the evolution of the photographic process from the end of the 19th century through the 20th century and features several daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and glass-plate negatives for patrons to view and read about.

Coinciding with Look Again: Discovering Historical Photos traveling exhibit, a number of historic photographs from Joyner Library’s collection are on display as well. Curated by Patrick Cash, Joyner Library’s Assistant University Archivist, and Larry Houston, Joyner Library’s Conservator, these photographs feature some of the oldest and rarest images found in Joyner Library’s Special Collections. Images from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection feature examples of the earliest photographic processes developed during the 19th century.  Included in these is a rare photograph from Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 series “Horse in Motion.”