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Maryville University and the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch are proud to present
“Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize
Photographs.” |
When: January 8 - March 19, 2005
Where: The Morton J. May Gallery and the Monsanto
Room of the Maryville Library, located at the University’s
main campus, 13550 Conway Road, in West St. Louis County.
Admission: free.
General Viewing Hours: 3 to 9 p.m., Monday -
Thursday, and 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday - Sunday.
Viewing for Groups of 25 or more: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday -
Thursday. While there is no charge for admission,
reservations are required for groups. A choice of box
lunches is available for group members at $5.95 or $7.95 per
person. For reservations or more information, call
314-529-6520.
Co-sponsor: Charter Communications
Consisting of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from
1942 to the present, “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize
Photographs,” has been viewed by large, enthusiastic crowds
throughout the United States and overseas, but this marks
its premiere appearance in St. Louis.
For a photograph to be nominated for a Pulitzer, it must
have appeared in an American daily or weekly newspaper. The
prize for photography is given for a distinguished example
of breaking news or feature photography in black and white
or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs,
a sequence or an album. It has been presented every year
except 1946 as the Pulitzer Board deemed no nomination
worthy of the award.
The Pulitzer Prizes were established in 1911 in the fields
of journalism, literature, music, and drama at the Columbia
School of Journalism, to where Joseph Pulitzer, a 19th
Century publisher and the founder of the Post-Dispatch, had
left a bequest in his will. The first prizes were bestowed
in 1917. The Pulitzer Board added a prize for photography in
1939 and awarded the first prize in 1942.
“Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs” was
developed by the Newseum, the interactive museum of news, in
association with Business of Entertainment, Inc., of NYC,
Cyma Rubin, curator. The Newsuem, located in Washington,
D.C., is funded by the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan
foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free
spirit for all people. For more information about the
Newseum, visit
www.newseum.org. |
