Showing posts with label July fourth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July fourth. Show all posts
Friday, July 4, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Once Upon a Time… Veteran photog Steve Schapiro serves up poignant history
Via The Santa Fe Reporter
July 1, 2014
By Enrique Limón
More than 50 iconic photographs by LIFE veteran Steve Schapiro go on display this Saturday at Monroe Gallery’s Once Upon a Time in America.
Over the last five decades, Schapiro has documented the transcendent and the mundane surrounding some of the country’s greatest battles, accomplishments and cultural milestones—ranging from Robert F.Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign to candid moments depicting Marlon Brando on the set of The Godfather.
A lifelong practitioner of the craft, Schapiro developed a love for photography at age 9, when he would try to emulate the shots of the father of photojournalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson.
“This is a show about America and different aspects of America,” Schapiro tells SFR from his Chicago home.
Aspects like 1965’s MLK-led Selma to Montgomery marches.
“It was really a turning point, in the sense that so many people were mobilized,” Schapiro reminisces, “because, really what a lot of the Civil Rights movement was about was trying to energize people in the South—particularly black people—to vote and to feel that it was safe to vote and that they could vote, despite the fact that the culture of the times was against them.”
Witnessing several interruptions and threats of violence during the marches, Schapiro kept on shooting and at one point captured a youth resting under the shadow of an American flag.
“It’s symbolic of the spirit that kids have regarding their feelings that things were only going to get better, and that nonviolence was the proper course to take."
That particular picture wasn’t selected by magazine editors at the time, but was like many in his oeuvre, one that came to be by chance after he went through his old contact sheets.
“Sometimes you look at pictures and you don’t know why they’re iconic or why people relate to them,” he says. “It’s a subtle thing, but there are just moments where all of that happens and the image presents a statement that goes in some ways beyond what you’re seeing.”
Once Upon a Time in America
Opening Reception with Steve Schapiro: 5-7 pm Saturday, July 5
Exhibition continues through September 21, 2014
Monroe Gallery of Photography
112 Don Gaspar Ave., 992-0800
www.monroegallery.com
Thursday, July 4, 2013
“This day the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.”
"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." ~Albert Camus
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
July Fourth: Pancakes, and Photography
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2013 Pancakes on the Plaza
Santa Fe’s Favorite Local Event
It's almost automatic. When locals think Fourth of July in Santa Fe, Pancakes On The Plaza comes to mind first. From the deliciousness of the pancakes to the cool cars on display ... from the toe-tapping music to the unique art show, Pancakes On The Plaza has something for everyone. And as it brings the communities of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico together to celebrate our nation's birthday, the proceeds generated from Pancakes on the Plaza make a big difference in the lives of people in need.Details here.
Then, stop in for an advance look at the exhibition "Those Who Dared" at Monroe Gallery of Photography. The gallery will be open until 3 PM on July Fourth, and please join us Friday from 5 - 7 for the opening reception.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
JULY 4, 2012
The Fourth of July, or Independence Day, is a federal holiday that celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of the Independence on July 4th, 1776.
On July 8, 1776, the first public readings of the Declaration were held in Philadelphia's Independence Square to the ringing of bells and band music. One year later, on July 4, 1777, Philadelphia marked Independence Day by adjourning Congress and celebrating with bonfires, bells and fireworks.
The custom eventually spread to other towns, both large and small, where the day was marked with processions, oratory, picnics, contests, games, military displays and fireworks. Observations throughout the nation became even more common at the end of the War of 1812 with Great Britain.
On June 24, 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C., to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was the last letter that Jefferson, who was gravely ill, ever wrote. In it, Jefferson says of the document:
"May it be to the world, what I believe it will be ... the signal of arousing men to burst the chains ... and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. ... For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them."Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, and in 1938 Congress reaffirmed it as a holiday, but with full pay for federal employees.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 4, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA
Photo by Neil Leifer
Statue of Liberty, July 3, 1976
We join in celebrating the Nation's birthday, and wish all our friends a very Happy Fourth of July. We also join in celebrating the re-opening of the Statue of Liberty, with a nice slide show here ; with a comparison to Margaret Bourke-White's two iconic views here and here.
Here in Santa Fe, the annual Pancakes on the Plaza is in full swing, with thousands out for a hearty community breakfast in a beautiful open air setting (follow on the Santa Fe Plaza Webcam).
And we welcome you to visit Monroe Gallery to view the just-opened exhibition, "A Thousand Words: Masters of Photojournalism".
Our best,
Sid and Michelle Monroe
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