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Capture the Moment

The Pulitzer Prize Photographs

On View:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — Sunday, April 20, 2014


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Capture the Moment consists of photographs from every Pulitzer Prize photographer, from the year of the first prize, 1942, to the present; Currently, there are 166 photographs included.

The exhibit includes dramatic and poignant news and feature photographs, including Joe Rosenthal's World War II photo of the raising of the flag by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima (1945 Pulitzer); the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2006 Pulitzer); Robert H. Jackson's 1963 photo of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald and Nathaniel Fein's shot of Babe Ruth watching his number being retired at Yankee Stadium (1949 Pulitzer).

Curated by Cyma Rubin.