Pulitzer Prize Photographs Exhibition Opens at Frost Museum, 2/12

Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, the most comprehensive exhibition of Pulitzer Prize - winning photographs ever assembled, opens at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, with a reception on February 12, 2014, from 6 - 9 pm. Included are the winning images from 1942, the year of the first photography award, all the way through the 2013 winners. Bearing witness to moments of jubilation, heroism, and compassion, as well as the harsh realities of war, racism, and poverty, the 164 images included carry human emotions across barriers of language, time, and place.

Capture the Moment features some of the most iconic photographs over the past seven decades: the poignant shot of an ailing Babe Ruth watching his number being retired at Yankee Stadium; the U.S. Marines raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima during World War II; 9/11 in New York City; and the aftermaths of hurricanes in New Orleans and in Haiti, to mention just a few. The exhibition illustrates the enduring power of the still image. This traveling exhibition comes to the Frost Art Museum following more than 13 years of display in venues around the world; close to 3 million people have seen the exhibition since its New York City opening in 2000.

The February 12 - April 20 run at FIU is presented by the School of Journalism & Mass Communications and the Frost Art Museum, with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the exhibition was developed by Business of Entertainment, Inc. in New York City, Cyma Rubin, Curator, in association with the Newseum in Washington, D.C. "We owe these photographers more than we can say," said Eric Newton, senior adviser at the Knight Foundation. "They go where we cannot go. They see what we do not see. They are our eyes; because of them, we can piece the images together and form a picture of the world." Cyma Rubin goes on to observe that, "The Pulitzer photographers can't take sides and they can't change the world, but if they did their job right, they might offer the world reason to change."

During the exhibition's run at the Frost Art Museum, the FIU School of Journalism & Mass Communications will conduct two panel discussion programs associated with the exhibition:

• The Story Behind the Photo: A Conversation with Pulitzer - Winning Photographers, to be held on March 5, from 4 - 6 pm, at the Frost Art Museum.
• Photojournalism in the Digital World, a conversation with photojournalists, photo editors, and other experts about issues such as photo - manipulation, the threat to credibility, crowdsourcing, and ethics; to be held on April 16, from 4 - 6 pm at the Frost Art Museum.

The opening reception for Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs and the Rubin talk, both on February 12, and the subsequent panel programs, are all open to the public and free of charge.

About the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University
The Frost Art Museum opened its current 46,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building in November 2008. Admission to the Museum is always free. The Frost is an American Alliance of Museums accredited museum and Smithsonian Affiliate, and is located at 10975 SW 17th Street, across from the Blue Garage and adjacent to the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday noon -5:00 p.m.Closed on Mondays and most legal holidays.

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