Art: Master of Black and White
Sunday, April 13
German-American photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt -- best known for his picture of an American sailor kissing a young woman in Times Square on V-J Day -- is often called the father of photojournalism. Harold Edgerton is an American electrical engineer and photographer who invented stroboscopic and ultra-high-speed photographic techniques that changed the way photography was practiced. Berenice Abbott spent most of her photographic career in New York City, and she's widely regarded as a pioneer in architectural photography for Changing New York, a series of works that documented a rapidly changing cityscape. These three, along with Diane Arbus, Ruth Bernhard, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Edward Weston and other history-making, 20th-century image takers are featured in Masters of Black and White, a new exhibit at Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. The majority of works are on loan from the expansive Drapkin Collection; Dr. Robert Drapkin gives a talk about his ever-growing (5,000-image-plus) collection at 10 a.m. Sat., April 12. On display April 10-May 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 200 N. Tampa St., downtown Tampa, $4 suggested donation, 813-221-2222, fmopa.org.
