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For Immediate Release
Capture The Moment opens April 25 at the Ohio Historical Center
Exhibition of Pulitzer Prize Photos Provide Dramatic Impact
(Columbus, OH March 25, 2008) - Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, the largest display of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs ever shown, will open on Friday, April 25 at The Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. This special exhibition will feature 150 award-winning images from 1942, when the Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism was established, through 2007.
Of the millions of photographs seen in newspapers each year, only two win the coveted Pulitzer Prize — one for spot or breaking news, and the other for feature photography. The award-winning images record the defining moments of our time captured by photojournalists doing their daily job — working on assignment close to home or around the globe. They were at the right place at the right time and had the skill and the daring to seize the opportunity when it presented itself.
Visitors to this exhibition will see one of the most extensive and dramatic photographic displays ever mounted at the museum. The images, 20-by-30-inch and 30-by-40-inch, will be arranged chronologically on large panels, filling the main exhibit gallery. Each will be accompanied by a firsthand account of the events leading up to the photograph.
Some of the photographs have become icons of their time: the flag raising on Iwo Jima, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, the joyful family reunion of a returning Vietnam POW, the World Trade Center attack. Others record forgotten events of the last six decades. While some images tell the stories of famous people, others portray the lives of ordinary citizens.
"The pictures show the brutalities of our age, but the Pulitzer photojournalists also recorded tender and compassionate moments," said curator Cyma Rubin. "Shown together in the exhibition the photographs make us think about the realities of world events. Anyone who views the exhibition will be changed by the experience"
Rubin produced Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs, an Emmy and Telly award-winning documentary of six of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists. This 72-minute video captures the tension and fast pace of the unfolding events resulting in the Pulitzer Prize images. It will be shown continuously throughout the day.
The exhibition catalog, Capturing the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, which was co-edited by Rubin, features the photographs in the exhibition along with firsthand accounts of each image. Other highlights include a fascinating history of the Pulitzer Prize and short biographies of the photographers who have won this coveted prize. Both the video and catalog will be for sale at the Ohio History Store.
The Kent State Shootings Revisited
To tie into the 1971 Pulitzer winner "Kent State Massacre" by photographer John Paul Filo and the upcoming anniversary of the event, the Ohio Historical Center will feature It Happened in Ohio: The Kent State Shootings. Visitors will learn about the build up and reaction to the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970, through artifacts, photos and personal accounts.
In conjunction with the display, the Center will host Reflections on Kent State, one of its Community Conversations series, on May 15. Visitors are invited to experience both exhibitions from 6 to 7 p.m., and then gather for informal conversations with a panel, including Alan Canfora, director of the Kent May 4 Center, and others who experienced that fateful day.
Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, which is sponsored by the Reinberger Foundation and The Columbus Dispatch, runs through July 25. Admission to the Ohio Historical Center is $7/adults, $3/students and free for OHS members and children 5 years of age and under.
The Ohio Historical Center is located at I-71 and East 17th Avenue in Columbus. Parking is $4 per vehicle and free to OHS members. For information on upcoming events, call 614.297.2300 or 800.686.6124 or visit www.ohiohistory.org/capture.
Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs was developed by the Newseum, the interactive museum of news, in association with Business of Entertainment, Inc., NYC, Cyma Rubin, curator. The Newseum, which is opening a new facility on April 11 in Washington, D.C., is funded by The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. For more information about the Newseum, visit www.newseum.org .
The Ohio Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that serves as the state's partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio's history, archaeology and natural history. It administers the largest statewide network of sites and museum in the nation. For more information about the Ohio Historical Society memberships and programs, call 614-297-2300 or 800-686-6124 or visit www.ohiohistory.org.
Note: For interviews with Cyma Rubin, curator of Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, attend the media preview on April 24 at the Ohio Historical Center. Contact Kim Schuette, OHS communications manager, at 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org for more information.
Select Pulitzer Prize photographs can be obtained by clicking here or by contacting Kim Schuette.
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Media contact: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org
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