ITC exhibits works by photojournalists who died in Vietnam war
(April 2, 2003)--The Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) hosts the exhibit "Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina" through May 25.
The exhibit is accompanied by a speaker series and concert honoringthe 135 photojournalists who died while covering the decades-long conflict that began with the French Indochina War and culminated with the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigon.
Photos courtesy George Eastman House. Top photo by Huynh Thanh My (Vietnamese, 1937-1965), Mekong Delta, 1965.
Bottom photo by Larry Burrows (British, 1926-1971), Da Nang, Vietnam, 1965. In a supply shack, the tragic and frustrating mission over, Crew Chief James Farley weeps (Life).
The traveling exhibit was organized by Horst Faas and Tim Page in association with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. The exhibit includes material of a graphic nature that may not be appropriate for all audiences.
In conjunction with the exhibit, at 7:30 p.m. April 11, the UTSA Concert Choir will perform Maurice Durufle's "Requiem" while images from the display are projected on the ITC's dome screens.
Lucy Winters Durkin, lecturer in art history at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, will choreograph the images, and John Silantien, UTSA professor of music, will conduct the choir.
The evening will open with the San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers performing selections by Mozart, Leonard Bernstein and Randall Thompson.
Admission for the "Requiem/Images" concert is $18.75.
A three-part speaker series "Vietnam/Lives Regained," will be presented at 2 p.m. Sundays in the ITC Auditorium.
Dates and topics are: March 23 -- "Army Medicine in Vietnam" with Tom O. McMasters, curator of the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, Fort Sam Houston; April 6 -- "Saving Our Sanity: Fact and Fiction Behind the Photos" with Robert Flynn, professor emeritus at Trinity University and author of "A Personal War in Vietnam;" and May 4 -- "U.S. Air Force Pararescue Mission and Role in Vietnam" with Fernando Cortez, curator of the History and Traditions Museum, Lackland Air Force Base.
Admission to the exhibit or any of the speaker programs is included with the regular ITC ticket purchase: $5, adults; $2, children (3-12 years); $3, seniors (65 years or older); $3, military personnel with ID; and free, children 2 years and under and UTSA employees and students with UTSACard.
For more information, call (210) 458-2330 or visit the Institute of Texan Cultures Web site.
One of three University of Texas at San Antonio campuses, the ITC is an educational center focusing on Texas history and cultures.
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