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Historical Society Presents LIFE: Six Women Photographers
March 6, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - July 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
Martha Holmes, photograph from “Mr. B.,” LIFE, April 24, 1950 © LIFE Picture Collection, Dotdash Meredith Corp. Martha Holmes began photographing for LIFE in 1944. On view in the exhibition are Holmes’s 1950 photographs of mixed-race singer Billy Eckstine, including one of Eckstine being embraced by a white fan – a provocative image that Holmes felt was one of her best because she felt that it “told just what the world should be like.” Henry Luce supported this opinion.
Six pioneering women whose photographs for LIFE magazine skillfully captured events on a quickly evolving world stage is the subject of Greenwich Historical Society’s new exhibition to run March 6 – July 7th. These photographers enabled the public “to see life; to see the world; to eyewitness great events,” as described by LIFE magazine founder and editor-in-chief Henry Luce. Galleries are open Wednesday – Sunday noon to 4pm.
