Two Asia-related photo exhibits in North America worth checking out in Sept.

<p><strong><a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/398">The Provoke Era<br /> </a> Japanese Postwar Photography</strong> <br /> San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<br /> Sept 12 - Dec 20, 2009<br /> <br /> "The tumultuous period following defeat in World War II proved fertile ground for a generation of Japanese photographers who responded to societal upheaval by creating a new visual language dubbed <em>"Are, Bure, Boke"</em> — rough, blurred, and out of focus. After the war, Japan experienced a complete overhaul of its national identity, catapulting itself from empire to democracy. Named for the magazine <em>Provoke</em> , which sought to break the rules of traditional photography, this exhibition traces how Japanese photographers responded to their country's shifting social and political atmosphere."<br /> .................<br /> <br /> <strong>Tim Porter - Still Lives</strong> <br /> <strong>Portraits from The Collection of The Congdon Anatomical Museum, Bangkok, Thailand</strong> <br /> <br /> La Petite Mort Gallery Presentation<br /> in Collaboration with the Ottawa Month of Photography<br /> September 5 - 17, 2009 Vernissage Saturday Sept 5, 7 - 10pm<br /> <br /> "In 1988, Tokyo-based photographer Tim Porter gained access through special permission to a very privileged space: the Sirirai Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. For one week only, he had the opportunity to photograph surreal specimens of humanity--conjoined twins. Preserved in formaldehyde and kept in the collection of the Congdon Anatomical Museum, Porter carefully shot his subjects through their glass cocoons, eliminating all traces of location, time and place."<br /> <a title="Tim Porter Exhibit in Ottawa by AsiaAttic, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/japanscape/3813461922/" title="Tim Porter Exhibit in Ottawa by AsiaAttic, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3813461922_e64581ef7c_o.jpg" alt="Tim Porter Exhibit in Ottawa" /> </a></p>

<p>Can you put these on the <a href="../calendar/">events calendar</a> , that way they won't disappear off the bottom of the forum listings.</p>