Documenting the Face of America: Film Screening September 25th @ American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers

A screening of the film and panel discussion on the topic, Women and Documentary, with filmmaker Jeanine Butler - will be followed by a tour of the exhibition Re-viewing Documentary with guest curators Laura Katzman, associate professor of art history, James Madison University, and Beverly W. Brannan, senior curator of photography, Library of Congress. The event is sponsored by the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center.

2:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Sunday, September 25, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Host:

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

Contact:

American University Museum 202-885-ARTS

Event Website:

http://www.american.edu/museum

Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam Exhibit @ The American University Museum at the Katzen

RE-VIEWING DOCUMENTARY:
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE OF LOUISE ROSSKAM

American University Museum at the Katzen

September 3 through December 14, 2011

This major retrospective examines the work of Louise Rosskam (1910-2003), an elusive pioneer of the golden age of American documentary photography. It highlights her compelling photographs of Southwest Washington, DC, neighborhoods before their destruction for urban renewal as well as her images of Puerto Rico, as it developed from a poor US possession to an industrialized commonwealth whose political status remains a contested issue. Guest curated by James Madison University Professor Laura Katzman and Library of Congress Curator Beverly W. Brannan.

See the webshort: A Life in Photography: Louise Rosskam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDsRgFGCbTI

Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. Metered: 8:00–5:00 weekdays Free: weekends/holidays & weekdays after 5:00

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