OHS Presents Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs
I have told you in the past about the great exhibits put on by the Ohio Historical Center. Last week I took my son to experience Capture the Moment: the Pulitzer Prize Photographs at the Ohio Historical Society. The slogan for this exhibit is “Be Changed” and it’s a good representation of how one feels after spending an hour or more viewing these photos. These photos are so moving they speak to the very heart of the viewer.
The exhibit includes photos from as far back as the 1940s. Journalists have recorded human history on film for as long as the portable camera has been around. These pictures are horrifying, moving, deeply sorrowful and brightly joyful. One thing that really struck me was the fact that El Salvador means The Savior, yet some of the most violent and disturbing photos were from that region.
It is horrid that so many of the photos that have taken this prize are terribly sad or deeply disturbing. The photo of a child starving to death in the Sudan seems to be in contrast to the photo of Liberian militia smiling and laughing, until you read the commentary and realize the laughing soldiers are celebrating their part in a massacre. But the fact that there are so many photos like these makes the truly joy filled moments all that much more precious. You feel yourself aching for the pain of an African teenager subjected to female genital mutilation then turn to see the elated relief on the faces of the rescuers as a tiny Jessica McClure is pulled from the well.
These are the images that capture the truly human element of our world–the things we must fully realize if we are going to change the bad and celebrate the good. This is more than 60 years of photographers that have been in the right place at the right time, captured the moment or gotten the “lucky shot.” If these photos do not change you, they will definitely move you and leave you to wonder what part of 2008 will be captured then go on to capture this important prize.
Capture the Moment: the Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs
Ohio Historical Society
April 25-July 25
1982 Velma Ave.
Museum Fees include:
Parking
OHS Members FREE
Vehicles $4.00
Buses $10.00
Buses and Private Cars that are transporting a group of school children FREE
Museum Admission:
OHS Members FREE
Adults $8.00
Children 6 - 12 $4.00
Children 5 & under FREE
School Groups $3.00 per student
AAA and senior discounts given. Military discounts are available to all active military and their dependents.
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