Last Chance To See Xiomaro's Photos of Washington's Headquarters

The museum at New Jersey’s Morristown National Historical Park will close its year-long exhibition George Washington’s Headquarters: Photographs by Xiomáro on December 28, 2018. The 22 large images of the Ford Mansion – Washington’s Revolutionary War base of operations during the winter of 1779-1780 – are part of a collection that is the first to artistically document the house room by room. The photographs present rare views and perspectives that cannot be seen during a tour of the headquarters.

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Xiomáro (pronounced “SEE-oh-MAH-ro”) is an internationally-recognized artist and speaker whose photography has been covered by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Star Ledger and CBS Eyewitness News. His work has been widely exhibited at venues such as Harvard University and New York City’s Fraunces Tavern Museum. Next year, Arcadia Publishing is releasing Xio’s photo book, Weir Farm National Historic Site, about Julian Alden Weir, a leading painter of American Impressionism.

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The exhibition also highlights the headquarters’ dual role as a residence. "The domestic aspects are easily lost in the presence of Washington, but Xio has managed to capture the Ford Mansion’s essence as a home," explains curator Jude M. Pfister, the park’s Chief of Cultural Resources seen in the videos above. Pfister is an expert on American history and the author of the new book, The Creation of American Law (McFarland 2018).

The exhibition is on display until December 28, 2018. For visiting hours and other information call 973-539-2016 (extension 210) or visit www.nps.gov/morr. A free ebook of the photographs is available at www.xiomaro.com.