In communities across the country, young media makers will screen Half Past Autumn and collaborate on producing short films inspired by the life and works of Gordon Parks. In addition, a national marketing campaign targeting artistic and cultural organizations will be launched, enabling such institutions as the Smithsonian and the Du Sable Museum of African-American Culture in Chicago to inform their patrons about the film and its related outreach activities. The show includes 45 images that are intended to embody the American spirit and vitality as each individual photographer has visualized it. Through this visualization, the exhibit celebrates the triumphs, celebrations, beliefs, and ideals that represent American life. While it is outside the scope of this presentation to provide a comprehensive or definitive view of the United States, we hope that our photographs are viewed as a testimony to the American spirit and our way of life.
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To celebrate America, to me, is to celebrate its people, their contributions, their celebrations, and the inherent social changes. Bonita Bing, Jim Bradshaw, Frank Butler, William Carter, Pradeep Dalal, Sharon Farmer, Jonathan French, Vernon George, Hernandez, Angela Hightower, Victor Holt, Gloria Kirk, Mason, Bruce McNeil, and George Tolbert. The Club provides opportunities for learning basic photographic skills through instruction, practical darkroom work, and the regular sharing of practices to stimulate interest, progress, and achievement in the photographic arts. Lectures, demonstrations, training courses, competitions, and exhibits are all part of an ongoing program. Membership is open to all persons interested in photography.