October 13 & 14, 2012

New Deal Photography: West Virginia's Gift to National Books and Museums

Presented by:

Betty Rivard

Saturday, October 13, 10 a.m., WV 105

How did photographs of everyday life in communities across West Virginia end up in the pages of nationally published books and on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art and other great museums? Who took these photographs and why? Rivard answers these questions and more and presents some of the most iconic images in her talk.

Sponsored by: West Virginia University Press

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