Capture the Moment: UM hosts Pulitzer Prize photo exhibit
Published: August 31, 2009
“Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs,” on display Aug. 7-Oct. 23 at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture and the Gallery of Visual Arts at The University of Montana, brings the largest collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs ever shown in the United States to Missoula.
This traveling exhibition, organized by the Newseum and the Business of Entertainment, Inc., features 143 award-winning images from 1942 (when the Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism was established) through the 2009 awards. Photographic images are arranged chronologically and each image is accompanied by a firsthand account of the events leading up to the photograph.
Among the historical moments, captured by photojournalists doing their daily job, are the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, and many others. Some are beautiful, some are heart-breaking, some are terrifying – and all are fascinating.
Events that accompany the exhibit include:
• "Modern Media: A Photojournalist’s Vision for the Future," a lecture by two-time Pulitzer winner Michel duCille, assistant managing photography editor at The Washington Post, 8 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Montana Theatre in the UM PARTV Center;
• “Photos that Move and Speak – The Decisive Moment Extended,” a lecture by Pulitzer winner David Leeson, formerly of the Dallas Morning News and executive producer of Protégé Films, 7 p.m. Sept. 21; and
• A presentation by Cyma Rubin, curator of the exhibition and president of the Business of Entertainment, Inc., at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at the University Center Theater, followed by a screening of "Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs."
Call 406-243-2019 or visit www.umt.edu/montanamuseum for details.
