Brooklyn, NY – August 30, 2005 – The St. Joseph’s College Council for the Arts presents an exhibit by world-renowned photographer, Tony Vaccaro. "The World Trade Center, A Personal Photographic Journal," which will feature photos that span the early days of the World Trade Center's construction to its eventual devastation, will be on display from Monday, September 12 through October 19, 2005 in the Alumni Room Gallery, St. Joseph’s College, 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The opening artist reception will take place on Monday, September 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A gallery tour and discussion with Vaccaro will take place on Tuesday, September 13 at 12:40 p.m., and a closing reception will be held on Saturday, September 24 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
Tony Vaccaro has received international acclaim for his creative and technical innovations in photojournalism and fashion photography. He has worked for many notable magazines including Time, Life, Look and Flair, and became famous for his portraits of celebrity personalities such as Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Federico Fellini, Georgia O’Keefe, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others.
In 1957, Vaccaro was introduced to Minoru Yamasaki, the soon-to-be selected chief architect of the World Trade Center. This began a friendship that spanned the years of the building of the WTC in the 1970s until the architect’s death in 1986. Vaccaro’s photographs of the model were later featured in Life Magazine.
Vaccaro’s book Entering Germany (Taschen Verlag) with text in German, English and French was first published in March 2001. His works are in collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Archives in Washington, D.C., the Musee National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and other museums, and private collections worldwide.
Tony Vaccaro lives and works in Long Island City, New York.
The Alumni Room Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Founded by Sister Elizabeth A. Hill, CSJ, J.D., president, the St. Joseph’s College Council for the Arts is a coalition of students, faculty members and staff who serve as a focal point for St. Joseph’s College’s educational and community outreach programming in the arts. By expanding and integrating campus arts activities, the Council seeks to enhance the public image of the College as a cultural center in Brooklyn and aims to make arts and cultural events more accessible to its students and area neighbors. For more information about this exhibit or other upcoming cultural events at the College's Brooklyn campus, please call (718) 783-0374.
ABOUT ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE
St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Adult and Professional Education. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing, a Master of Arts in Literacy/Cognition and a Master of Arts in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education. |
