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Bruce Springsteen Exhibit
in New Jersey
The Newark Museum is showing “Springsteen—Troubadour of the Highway,”
a multi-media exhibition that explores the artist’s use of cars and highways
as motifs in his music and in related visual imagery. More than 70 original
photographs, as well as videos, recorded music, lyrics, vinyl albums and other
related memorabilia are on view through August 29. Almost all of the photos
in the exhibition were taken for Springsteen’s presentation and promotion
of his work and include images by Annie Leibovitz, Frank Stefanko, Joel Bernstein,
David Gahr, David Michael Kennedy, Lynn Goldsmith, Edie Baskin and David Rose.
There will also be 41 of Pamela Springsteen’s photographs from “The
Ghost of Tom Joad” series. Springsteen fans may recognize some familiar
images from records and CDs, but many have never been publicly on display. The
Newark Museum is located at 49 Washington Street in Newark, New Jersey. For
more information, call 973/596-6550 or visit www.newarkmuseum.org.
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Photo
by Pamela Springsteen
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Sally Mann Exhibit in Washington,
D.C.
Drawing upon her personal experiences as inspiration, Sally Mann created “What
Remains,” a five-part meditation on on mortality that speaks about the
one subject that affects us all—the loss of life. The exhibition features
90 photographs and is on view through September 7, 2004, at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art. The sections include: “Untitled” showing images of human
bodies going through the process of decomposition at a forensic study site;
“December 8, 2000” focusing on the site where an armed fugitive
committed suicide on Mann’s property; and “What Remains,”
36 close-up portraits of her three children’s faces. The exhibit is accompanied
by a book published by Bulfinch Press. The Corcoran Gallery of Art is located
at 500 Seventh St., N.W., in Washington, D.C. For more information, call 202/639-1703
or visit www.corcoran.org.
“The Changing Face
of Italy” Exhibition in London
The exhibition “Fratelli Alinari: A Photographic Tradition. The Changing
Face of Italy, 1855–1935” will be on view through September 19 at
the Estorick Collection in London. The exhibition, organized in collaboration
with Fratelli Alinari Fondazione per la Storia della Fotografia, will feature
more than 110 photographs drawn from the extensive archives of Fratelli Alinari,
the renowned photographic studio based in Florence. In 1854, the brothers Leopoldo,
Giuseppe and Romualdo Alinari founded the partnership Fratelli Alinari and later
that year exhibited eight photographs in a show at the Technical Institute in
Florence. The following year they gained International recognition after showing
their work in Paris, due to their creativity and technical innovation. The Alinari
revolutionized the way ancient monuments were photographed and were the first
to document works in museums photographically. Their photographs also vividly
trace Italy’s transition from a rural economy to an industrial nation,
capturing a pivotal era in Italian history. The Estorick Collection of Modern
Italian Art is located at 39a Canonbury Square in London, England. For more
information, visit www.estorickcollection.com.
UNEP Environment Competition
As part of the annual World Environment Day celebrations in Barcelona, Spain,
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is launching its fourth International
Photographic Competition on the Environment, sponsored by Canon Inc. A Gold
Prize of $20,000 will be awarded to the winner of the General Category, which
is open to applicants 25 or older. There are also separate categories and cash
prizes for “Youth” (open to young people aged 15–24) and “Children”
(open to ages 14 and younger). The competition will not distinguish between
different technologies, with analog and digital submissions judged side by side.
The contest runs through October 24, 2004. Full details of the competition’s
rules and regulations, information on how to submit photographs in both hard
and electronic formats and an application form can be read and downloaded at
www.unep-photo.com.
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