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Picturing What Matters: An Offering of Photographs
From the George Eastman House Collection
February 4, 2006 through May 21, 2006
Historically, tumultuous events frame anew the question of what "matters" to us, as individuals, as a community, and as a society. Photography has long been a powerful force in giving personal and cultural currency to what we deem important and in shaping our collective memory. "Picturing What Matters: An Offering of Photographs from George Eastman House Collection" is an exhibition of 126 photographs selected by the Eastman House staff who looked at the treasures in their collection with new perspectives after the events of September 11. The resulting exhibition is designed to not only commemorate the tragedies of September 11, 2001, but also to evoke meaning from our common visual history. The exhibition is on view at the National Heritage Museum February 4 through May 21, 2006.
For "Picturing What Matters," the Eastman House staff selected images that moved them, creating a display of photographs that is diverse in subject and format, but united by a common spirit. Themes of family, work and leisure, national milestones, crisis, patriotism, and quirky glimpses of life are all on view. Collectively, the photographs voice a refrain for family and community that extends beyond national boundaries to universal values shared throughout the world.
The 108 photographers represented in the exhibition are also varied, with careers spanning the last two centuries. Joe Rosenthal's Old Glory Goes Up on Mt. Suribachi; Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother and Ansel Adams's Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite, California, as well as photos by Robert Frank, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, William Henry Jackson, Mark Cohen, Ben Fernandez, and Danny Lyon, affirm the beliefs and ideals held by a people and a nation. An eight-page, two-color companion guide is available.
Be Part of the Exhibition
As part of "Picturing What Matters," the National Heritage Museum invites the public to send in a personal photo (old or new) that represents an individual's values, hopes or dreams. All photographs submitted through April 15, 2006 will be displayed at some point during the exhibition. Please send a copy of your photograph, since submissions cannot be returned. The National Heritage Museum will not be able to exhibit photographs any larger than 8 x 10 inches or photographs that are mounted, matted, or framed. No disks, negative or slides, please.
Mail or deliver a copy of your photograph to the Museum. Picturing What Matters National Heritage Museum 33 Marrett Rd. Lexington, MA 02421
Please include your name and address, and a brief comment about the image you are submitting (optional). Please call the National Heritage Museum with questions at (781) 861-6559, x 4101.
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