October 1999: “L'Orient: The Photographs of Lehnert and Landrock” by Lehnert and Landrock
Another major show, again a collaboration with the Rare Books Library, was the works of Lehnert and Landrock, who photographed in North Africa in the early 20th century. Their original glass plates were discovered in 1982 by Dr. Edouard Lambelet, Landrock's grandson and director of the Lehnert and Landrock bookstore in Cairo. The quality of the plates was dramatically transformed by Canadian master printer Chris Langtvet, who produced the prints displayed in the Sony Gallery.

November 1999: “The Kosovo Crisis: 1998 - 1999 ” by Enric Marti
In November, the Kosova crisis was brought to stark life through the photos of Spanish photographer Enric Marti, who covered the war in Bosnia for the European Press Agency, Agence France Presse, and the Associated Press. It was a difficult job, and not only because of the horrors of war that surrounded him: "Newspapers are fed up with refugees. Each photo had to be stronger than the previous one or else they didn't work. What does that say about what we do?"

November 1999 - January 2000: "Shapes and Patterns in Landscape and Architecture" by Thomas Schuller-Gotzburg
"Shapes and Patterns in Landscape and Architecture," by Thomas Schuller-Gotzburg, explored the diversity of patterns that surround us, both in nature and in human constructions. "Some shapes are known, others are seen only after contemplation," the photographer said. "The camera helps to sharpen the mind for those that otherwise go unnoticed."

February 2000: "Evidence" by Hally Pancer
Uncovering the hidden sides of human nature was the aim for Hally Pancer in her exhibition "Evidence." Her work over the past 20 years has been, she says, "a continuous investigation of the complexities of the human spirit." This collection was made in Egypt, Israel, India, and Tunisia.

February 2000 - March 2000: “El-Wadi El-Gedid” by Eric Blijboom
"The desert is not a dead world...it lives," said Eric Blijboom, whose exhibition explored the areas around the oases of Egypt's Western Desert. There is more change in a desert landscape than most people think, he says. "Second by second there is a change caused by the wind and the light of the sun...chalk rocks erode and become surrealistic sculptures in an open-air museum."

March 2000 - April 2000: "Desert Architecture: Bariz and Sidi Kreir ” byChristel Kessler
The Sony Gallery's contribution to a joint exhibition organized by the AUC Rare Books and Special Collections Library in honor of Hassan Fathy was to exhibit photographs of Hassan Bey's buildings in Bariz and Sidi Kreir, taken by one of the most dedicated scholars of Islamic architecture and former AUC professor Dr. Christel Kessler. These photographs had never before been exhibited.

May 2000 - June 2000: “Mamluk-era Buildings in Cairo” by Chris Langtvet
The final show of the year was the photographs of Chris Langtvet, who made the prints for the Lehnert and Landrock show. This exhibit focused on six Mamluk-era buildings in Cairo, exploring the interaction between them and their setting in modern Cairo.