Carolyn Cole’s life is filled with images.  It is also packed full of international recognition for her work.  With a Pulitzer Prize, a Robert Capa Gold Medal, more Pictures of the Year International awards than one can count and three National Press Photographers Association Photojournalist of the Year awards, there is no doubt that both Cole’s peers and audience find her photographs to be especially powerful for conveying a particular moment in time and history. 

Liberia 2003, photograph by Carolyn Cole, ©2003 Los Angeles Times

In 2003, Cole went to Liberia, as rebels surrounded that country’s capital, Monrovia.  It was there that she would earn the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, ". . . for her cohesive, behind-the-scenes look at the effects of civil war in Liberia, with special attention to innocent citizens caught in the conflict."  In The Moment features photographs chosen by Cole as primary examples of her intent to provide intimate stories of world events from the past eight years.  Many of the exhibition’s thirty photographs focus on children and women, victims of war, famine, and natural disasters, from Iraq to Louisiana.  Much more than a snapshot in time, each photograph is a poignant testimony to our collective humanity and inhumanity.  They are vivid reminders of the global village in which we live.

Aftermath - Hurricane Katrina, photograph by Carolyn Cole, ©2005 Los Angeles Times

In the Moment will open on April 25^th with a public Reception for Carolyn Cole, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., in the Majestic Theater Gallery.  Saturday the 26^th, from Noon to 1:00 p.m., will  feature a presentation by Ms. Cole with many additional images, in the Majestic Theater Cinema One.  Then, from 1:15 until 3:00 p.m., a lunch program will be held in the Majestic Patron’s Lounge, with Carolyn Cole sharing her “Thoughts on the Future of Journalism.”  The Cinema One program is free, with ticketed admission.  The lunch program has limited seating and is available for $30.00 per person ticket reservation.  Advance ticket reservations are suggested for both events by contacting the Majestic box office at (717)-337-8200.  

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