More Photos In Conversation: Stephen Somerstein and Amanda C. Burdan
April 1, 2020 1 Hoffman's Mill Rd., US Rt. 1, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
(610) 388-2700 Presented By: Brandywine River Museum of Art Visit
Website Details Witness to History photographer Stephen Somerstein and
Brandywine's curator Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D., will discuss the
Selma-to-Montgomery march and Somerstein’s experiences in
documenting this significant moment in America’s Civil Rights
Movement. The Brandywine River Museum of Art will open at 5:30 PM with
the program at 6 PM and a reception to follow. The Witness to History
and Votes for Women exhibitions will be open both before and after the
program. In March of 1965, Stephen Somerstein took a 25-hour bus ride
to Alabama to cover the civil rights march for his college newspaper.
With five cameras and only 15 rolls of film, he captured photographs
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other prominent activists as well
as his fellow demonstrators and the many people who had gathered along
the route. The photograph Somerstein took while standing behind Dr.
King as he delivered his now famous, “How Long? Not Long” speech
has become so iconic that it was recreated for the promotion of the
2014 film Selma. Show Map
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