Chain Belt Movement by Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971)
Chain Belt Movement: Machine Dance Moscow Ballet
School, photographed 1931; printed 1934
Photogravure
Gift of Mrs. Frances McClure
2013.73.q

Margaret Bourke-White
Photogravure

Freedom in Black and White: The Making of a Photographer-Activist [Virtual]

Artist Steve Shapiro, Chicago, Illinois

Thu, Oct 15 | 6-7:15 P PM

EVENT ACCESS

Photojournalist Steve Schapiro is best known for his civil rights photographs. His most recognizable images are of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project (Freedom Summer) and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.

He is also an acclaimed celebrity and film set photographer. Schapiro will discuss his work in the context of American social history.

This lecture is co-sponsored with the Contemporary Art Forum.