Industry – Chasing Light: Black and White Photography

Excelsior Shoe Factory by Shin-ichi Kumanomido

Shin-ichi Kumanomido (Japanese, b. 1941) Excelsior Shoe Factory, Interior, 1981 Photograph Miami University Art Museum purchase 1988.24.19

Construction 272 by Alan Barry Cohen

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Alan Barry Cohen (American, b. 1943) Construction 272, Construction Series, 1990 Silver gelatin print Gift of Susan F. Walsh 1994.84

At the Lathe by Margaret Bourke-White

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Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971)At the Lathe: “Hammer and Sickle” Factory: Moscow, photographed 1931; printed 1934PhotogravureGift of Mrs. Frances McClure2013.73.l

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.