Event Details
This event is part of a lecture series, Breakfast University, dedicated to arts and culture.
From its introduction in 1839, photography has transformed the ways in which we see the world. Photographs capture events and transform them; they depict reality but also tell a story. Examining the histories of these images, and learning how to read them, provides a deeper understanding of how photographs have shaped, and continue to shape, American society and culture. We’ll explore: Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Joe Rosenthal’s Flag Raising on Mt. Suribichi, Nick Ut’s Napalm Girl, Stanley Forman’s The Soiling of Old Glory, and Thomas Franklin’s Raising the Flag at Ground Zero.
Louis Masur is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University.
Doors open at 9:15 AM for coffee, and the lecture starts at 10:00 AM.