Laura Katzman To Give Guided Tour Of Louise Rosskam Works, 6/12

Join us for an intimate tour and conversation with Laura Katzman to gain insights into the life and work of Louise Rosskam. Katzman will discuss the context of Rosskam's work in Puerto Rico and her contributions to documentary photography.

RSVP here: Guided tour with guest curator LAURA KATZMAN

6:30 pm on
2180 Third Avenue at 119th St
New York, NY 10035

Picturing Puerto Rico under the American Flag: The Photographs of Louise Rosskam (1937-1948)
May 11 - July 21
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 1 to 6 pm

Picturing Puerto Rico under the American Flag presents the work of Philadelphia-born Louise Rosskam(1910-2003), a pioneer of the "golden age" of 20th-century American documentary photography. The exhibition examines the compelling and compassionate pictures that Rosskam created on the impoverished U.S. territory in the New Deal and post-World War II eras. Guest-curated by Laura Katzman, Associate Professor of Art History, James Madison University.

This exhibition is made possible by the Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery and the President's Office, co-sponsored by Centro, Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY.

Read the recently published New York Times Lens Blog feature by David Gonzales discussing Louise Rosskam's work in Puerto Rico.

For more information visit http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/eastharlem-artgallery/