Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs

Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs was developed by the Newseum, the interactive museum of news, in association with Business of Entertainment, Inc., NYC, Cyma Rubin, curator.

In the latter years of the 19th century, Joseph Pulitzer stood out as the very embodiment of American journalism. Hungarian-born, an intense indomitable figure, Pulitzer was the most skillful of newspaper publishers, a passionate crusader against dishonest government, a fierce, hawk-like competitor who did not shrink from sensationalism in circulation struggles, and a visionary who richly endowed his profession. His innovative New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch reshaped newspaper journalism. Pulitzer was the first to call for the training of journalists at the university level in a school of journalism. In writing his 1904 will, which made provision for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes as an incentive to excellence, Pulitzer specified solely four awards in journalism, four in letters and drama, one for education, and four traveling scholarships.

The first award for photography was bestowed in 1942. The prizes are awarded for distinguished photography in two categories, breaking news and feature photography. The competition is open to all photographers, non-American photographers are eligible if their pictures have been published in a U.S. newspaper during the calendar year. A jury selects three nominees for each category to be submitted to the Pulitzer Prize Board. The board meets each April and selects the prize winners, who are announced at a news conference in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.

Look. Connect. And be changed. The exhibition, Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, shows us with stunning clarity what it means to be human. The pictures draw us in and connect us emotionally to the people whose stories have defined our time.

Each of the photographs, reproduced for this exhibition in large format, won a Pulitzer Prize between 1942 and 2007: Babe Ruth’s last day as a Yankee, the flag raising at Iwo Jima, the student-National Guard conflict at Kent State, the World Trade Center attack.

Plan Your Visit - April 25 to July 25 2008
When you visit the Ohio Historical Center to see Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, plan on three hours for the complete experience. We suggest you begin with the one-hour video program Moment of Impact. Hear the photographers themselves describe the events that lead to the moment they took their award-winning photographs. Find out what happened to the subjects in the photographs after the pictures were taken.

Children And Capture
The Moment We recommend parental discretion with regard to visiting Capture the Moment exhibition with young children. Kids will easily connect with some of the photographs that feature families and children their own age. Some of these photos capture joyful moments, while others depict dangerous and threatening situations. Those bringing young children to the exhibit should be aware that some of these images may be disturbing. It is important that an adult is along to explain the history and context.

Location
Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211 MapQuest directions

More at: ohiohistory.org

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