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Opening Reception and Guest LectureOKLAHOMA CITY – View the world’s most iconic images such as the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima and the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the upcoming exhibition at the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum. “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs,” the most comprehensive collection of 138 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs, will be on display December 15, 2007 to March 30, 2008 throughout all galleries.
The Pulitzer Prize for photography is given to distinguished photography “in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or album.” The exhibit features every Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph since 1942, the first year the prize was awarded. The photography prize is given in two categories each year – spot/breaking news and feature.
On December 15, the IPHF will host a guest lecture starting at 5 p.m. with an opening reception and book signing to follow. Cyma Rubin, exhibit curator and Slava Veder, the 1974 winner for "Burst of Joy" will lecture in the Eleanor Maurer Auditorium (inside the Omniplex/Science Museum Oklahoma) and will sign copies of the "Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs" catalog. Rubin will discuss the history of the Pulitzer and Veder will recount his experience as a photojournalist with a winning image, which captures the homecoming of a Vietnam POW and his family's reaction. Veder was a photographer for the Tulsa World in the 1950's before working for the Associated Press.
Special guests also include Jordan Keesler who, as a Marine serving in Iraq, was the subject of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning images, taken by Anya Niedringhaus. Keesler now resides in Claremore, OK.
Tickets for the opening reception are $20 at the door or, with advance purchase, $15 for nonmembers and $10 for IPHF members. For advance tickets, contact Paula Geisinger at PJGeisinger@cox.net or 405-210-0585. Tickets may also be purchased from IPHF by calling 405-424-4055. Go to www.iphf.org and sign up for IPHF’s e-Newsletter for updates!
Admission to the ongoing exhibit, in addition to Omniplex entry, is $7 for adults. Parental guidance is advised as some of the images may be disturbing.
“Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs” is made possible through the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Oklahoma Arts Council, The Oklahoman and W&W Steel.
