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Pulitzer Prize Photographs on Display at the Yellowstone Art Museum
August 03, 2011
editor@montanaliving.com
Billings -The largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Pulitzer Prize winning photographs ever shown in the United States opens at the Yellowstone Art Museum Friday, August 5th. Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs features 158 winning photographs, color and black and white, representative of instantly recognizable historic moments from around the world, evoking a wide range of emotion to the visitor.
Of the millions of photographs seen in newspapers each year, the two Pulitzer Prizes for Photography are the most coveted. It is given for breaking news and the other for feature photography.
Capture the Moment ranges from the winning images of 1942, the year of the first photography award, to 2011. Other iconic images include Joe Rosenthal’s 1945 winning photograph of the American flag raising at Iwo Jima and the 2003 photograph of Colorado’s raging fires.
The massive 20-by-30 inch and 30-by-40 inch prints of the winning photographs are organized chronologically in the gallery. The large format pictures will stop visitors in their tracks and inspire emotional reflection on real events of the past and present.
Publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), in his will of 1904, conceived the Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer left a $2 million endowment to Columbia University to establish both a school of journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, which recognizes excellence in newspaper journalism, books, music and drama. Over the years the categories have been modified by the Pulitzer Board, which added a prize for photography in 1939 with the first award presented in 1942. The photography category expanded to two awards in 1968, one for spot or breaking news and one for features. The winning photographs are presented in both black & white and color, and may consist of one image, a sequence or an album of no more than 20 photographs of a given subject. Computer manipulation of photographs is prohibited. In addition to the coveted distinction, the Pulitzer Prize winners receive a $10,000 cash award.
The exhibit catalog, Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs features the photographers’ first-hand accounts of capturing the prize-winning images. The catalog was co-edited by exhibition curator Cyma Rubin and Eric Newton, former news historian at Newseum. Rubin has produced and directed the riveting documentary, Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs. This Emmy award-winning TV documentary examines the stories behind six Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs. (color; 72 minutes). Both items are available for purchase at the YAM.
Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs was developed by the Newseum in Washington, DC, the interactive museum of news, in association with Business of Entertainment, Inc,. of New York, Cyma Rubin, curator/producer.
This exhibit will be on display at the YAM beginning August 5 through December 31, 2011. An official opening reception for the exhibition will be held Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the museum beginning at 5:30 p.m.
For more information contact Kim Sapone, Development Director, Yellowstone Art Museum at 406-256-6804, x225 or visit our website: www.artmuseum.org
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The YAM is the region’s largest contemporary art museum offering changing exhibitions, education, café, museum store, and a 7,300-piece permanent collection. The Yellowstone Art Museum hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, & Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday & Friday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; and Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Admission: Members free, $6 adults, $3 students with valid ID, $3 children 6 – 18, under 6 free, $12 family (2 adults and 3 children max.) $4 discount price (please inquire).
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