3 Special Events with STEPHEN WILKES
A VERY SPECIAL EVENING WITH STEPHEN WILKES
Sponsored by Canon USA
American Photographer Stephen Wilkes makes an extremely rare appearance in Washington, DC, for what promises to be an inspiring, and dare we say, life changing event.
His achievements in both commercial and fine art photography are a monument unto themselves. Tonight, he will share a rare glimpse of his life’s work with the DC photo and arts community. You will see the soul of a man, whose street photography roots have transformed him into one of the most recognized names in commercial, editorial, and fine art photography today. Mr. Wilkes work will be shown on a rear projection, high defintion screen, along with state of the art digital sound. His stunning images will be available to the DC public for the first time! Space is limited to 250 people.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2009
GWU Jack Morton Auditorium: in the Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
phone: (202) 994-7736
http://www.gwu.edu/~mpaevent/directionsmpa.html
COST: FREE
United States, photographing the people and scenes he encounters. Beginning in the 1960s, he, like so many other so-called street photographers of that generation, used a 35mm camera to make black-and-white photographs. In the 1980s Bergman began to work in color. Using no special lighting or equipment, he made a series of monumental portraits of the people he met. The exhibition will present 33 of these compelling portraits from a recent gift to the Gallery of more than 90 photographs by Bergman, most of which have never before been exhibited.