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Masters of 20th Century Photography Presentation Topic: Ernst Haas, August 15 - Maine Media College

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Aug 2, 2011, 12:34

The event, Masters of 20th Century Photography, takes place Monday, August 15, 4 pm, at Maine Media College, Union Hall Theatre, 2 Central Street in Rockport, Maine.

Ernst Haas is not only one of the masters of 20th century photography, but was also a longtime teacher at the Workshops. In 1999,The Ernst Haas Memorial Collection was established at the Portland Museum of Art. The collection consists of works by many great photographers including George Tice, Maggie Steber and Elizabeth Opalenik. Susan Danley, the museum's Curator of Graphics, Photography, and Contemporary Art, will join longtime Workshops faculty member and Ernst's teaching assistant, Brenton Hamilton, in a discussion of this photographer, his extraordinary work and influence on photography in the 20th century.

 

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