The 70 South Gallery in Morristown is joining forces with the Hartley Farms Historical Society, the Morristown & Township Library, Morristown High School and 30 area photographers to celebrate Independence Day with style.
Spanning from the late 19th century to 2015, Photographing America’s History will include images from Life Magazine, and from the collections of the late Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge and the library.
A screening room also will show winning entries from the 2015 Morristown High School Film Festival. The exhibition starts on June 27, 2015,
“In curating this, we wanted to visually represent the power of photography in capturing life’s moments as well as how photography has changed throughout this time period,” gallery Curator Gina Cerbone said in a statement.
Images will include Greater Morristown in the late 1800s, draft-card burnings, Paterson in the 1980s and the World’s Fair, said Ira Black, artist relations manager.
Photographs from the private collection of Dodge, whose father co-founded Standard Oil and whose husband owned the Remington Arms Company, are courtesy of the Hartley Farms Historical Society.
“Some of these photos go back to the early days of photography and have never been exhibited before,” according to Harding Township Mayor Nicholas Platt. Geraldine R. Dodge endowed the Morristown-based philanthropic foundation that bears her name.
Here is more, from the gallery.
FROM THE 70 SOUTH GALLERY:
70 South Gallery – Announces unique Historical Exhibition that pairs the work of 30 local photographers, the Hartley Farms Historical Society, The Morristown Library to bring our history to life through pictures. This show will also feature a video screening room for winning High School student short films.
Photographing America’s History starts on Saturday June 27, 2015.
June 9, 2015 – Morristown, N.J.: Morristown’s first unique community-focused photography gallery and service center: 70 South Gallery, at 70 South Street, will be going all out to present Photographing America’s History coinciding with the 4th of July. The Gallery has collaborated with the Hartley Farms Historical Society, The Morristown Library and 30 local photographers to showcase how photography has been able to capture America’s events and times. This exhibition will span the late 1800’s to present day and will include images from Life Magazine, the first photojournalistic publication.
Gina Cerbone, Gallery Curator states, “In curating this, we wanted to visually represent the power of photography in capturing life’s moments as well as how photography has changed throughout this time period.”
Per Ira L. Black, Artist Relations Manager, “We felt it was important to bring together a broad range of organizations and artists for this particular show.” He continues, “the images will span the burning of draft cards, Paterson in the 80s, the World’s Fair and images in and around Morristown from the late 1800’s.”
Nicolas Platt, Harding Township Mayor, said “I am thrilled that 70 South Gallery will feature photographs from the private collection of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, daughter of William Rockefeller, Co-Founder of the Standard Oil Company and her husband Marcellus Hartley Dodge, owner of the Remington Arms Company.”
Platt continues, “Some of these photos go back to the early days of photography and have never been exhibited before.” Images from this collection are generously being provided by the Hartley Farms Historical Society.
Chad Leinaweaver, Assistant Director for the Morristown & Morris Township Library states, “We are excited to be partnering with 70 South Gallery and providing key images to their history exhibition. In the Library’s North Jersey History & Genealogy Center, we preserve documents, ledgers, diaries, letters and even photographic images that document not only Morris Township’s and Morristown’s history, but that of the County and State of New Jersey. They are also used in publications, exhibitions and even personal research.“
Additionally, 70 South Gallery will feature a screening room for winning video productions of students from Morristown High School. Student work featured were part of the Morristown High School Film Festival, “About New Jersey” theme. Video vanguards include:
- Matt Prusso, Matty Monahan, Skyler Frost and Jessica Berman for their film, “The Sole of an Immigrant”
- Jessica Torres for her film, “A Better Day”.
- RJ Meyer for the film, “Why Jersey Doesn’t Suck”
- Veronica Gordon for her film, “The New Jersey Devil”
List of Photographers:
Alexa Garborino, Aubrey Volrath, Betsy Guzenski, Carole O’Malley, Danielle Austen, Debi Francis-Scott, Ed Aussem, Ellen Denuto, George Copp, Ira L. Black, Jean Merrill, Judi Benvenuti, Kenneth Hoffman, Kerri Sullivan, Klaus Schnitzer, Lewis Stone, Linda Jacobs, Marco Catani, Marv Kaminsky, Michael Williams, Pam Hasegawa, Peter Aldrich, Peter Heller, Peter Tilgner, Ralph Greene, Sue Swick, Todd Boressoff, Walter Chandoa, Wayne Domkowski, Wolfgang Wittling and Joseph J. Borghi, Jr.
70 South Gallery is a unique retail store that combines the best of a photo gallery and service center. Our mission is to support photographers (both amateurs and professionals) by providing a central location where they can collaborate, admire and share their work with each other. Photographers of all kinds have the opportunity to exhibit their photographs, while art– lovers and collectors have the opportunity to own original and remarkable photographic art.
