Photographers at National Geographic
The facility at 3800 Parry Avenue will feature exhibits from Tues.-Sun, noon-5 p.m. with a $5 admission price. There are discounts for seniors and children and kids under five get in free.
Photographic works by famous globe-trotting women will be on display in the exhibit “Women Photographers at National Geographic” which opened at the museum June 17th.
The exhibit is a tribute to 40 women artists who have documented their photographic insights from around the world. The event was organized by National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall.
The display shows stunning images from Japan by photographer Eliza Scidmore featured in the 1914 National Geographic among others such as Jodi Cobb, Maria Stenzel, Sisse Bremberg, Karen Kasmauski, and Ann Griffiths Belt. Cobb has been a photographer for the magazine since 1977 and Belts began assignment work in 1978 for the publication.
Women Photographers At National Geographic ($40) documents four generations of female photography in a massive book.
“Take a look at this magnificent work and you will get an insight on human conditions around the world,” reads the website, Kodak.com, referring to the book.
The magazine won the prestigious Ellie Award in 2000 and 2001 for photography.
“Photography can change people’s ideas, minds, and actions,” said Cobb.
In some ways the life of a National Geographic photographer sounds like hell, according to one writer. According to the Career Exploration Center, these shutterbugs must be smart observers, willing, and durable travelers.
Dickey Chapelle, one of the featured photographers in the exhibit, was a woman of action. Unfortunately much of what she photographed was deemed to sensitive to be published. Actress Jennifer Anniston will play Chapelle in a movie in the works.
Washington Post staff writer Sarah Booth Conroy describes Scidmore as “painting the town pink.” Back in 1885 Scidmore was taking pictures of cherry trees in Japan, which she said was the first time something gave her ideas the way it did. Five years after her return from that country she saw an opportunity. Thus began an extraordinary struggle in the country stretching over several decades that ultimately yielded one of Washington’s most instinctive attractions, the cherry trees that bloom annually in Potomac Park, writes Conroy.
For more information on the Dallas exhibit, call 214-915-0860.
