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Freedom in Black and White: The Making of a Photographer-Activist [Virtual]

Thursday, October 15, 2020
5:50 pm
virtual, details TBA

Photojournalist Steve Schapiro is best known for his civil rights photographs. His most recognizable images are of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project (Freedom Summer) and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.

He is also an acclaimed celebrity and film set photographer.  Schapiro will discuss his work in the context of American social history.

This lecture is co-sponsored with the Contemporary Art Forum.

Support for this program comes from FOTOFOCUS 2020.

Steve Schapiro
Steve Schapiro
Photojournalist