Pulitzer Prize - Capture the Moment Exhibition

Recently, I visited "Capture the Moment", an exhibition of Pulitzer Prize winning photos.  It was set up in this huge empty white room at a park.  It was the most incredible exhibition and has traveled to many US cities and was now in Taiwan.  All of the award-winning photos, date back to the 1940's when the Pulitzer Prize award began. I have enjoyed taking pictures and capturing moments on my exchange, so thought this might be a nice way to spend a part of my weekend.  Taking in the history of these great photos on exhibit was so interesting.  It was great!

"Capture the Moment" Exhibition is set up so that you work your way from the 1940's all the way until today. I stopped at every picture and read about each moment on the wall. Every picture was so dramatic, intense, emotional, or beautiful.  I was silent the entire exhibition as every photo had truly "captured" me.

In the 1940's pictures, there was a photo of Babe Ruth retiring from the Yankees as well as the Ford manufacturing plant riot. The 1950's included a beautiful and happy picture of a policeman and a young kid at a parade looking into each others eyes. Another photo captured an intense moment from the bottom of a bridge where a tractor trailer cabin is hanging over the side as the driver climbed up a rope.  The 1960's series included a picture called Dreams of Better Times, which is from the Vietnam war and an American soldier lays asleep in the pouring rain. The 1970's had a photo showing the backlash of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50's and 60's - a white man beating an African American with an American Flag. Also, the Kent State shooting in Ohio which was a result of the protests about Richard Nixon's new proposition to send troops to Cambodia. Something I had never heard or learned about until viewing these photots. In the 1980's, the white wall began to light up because there were now COLOR photos!  The picture of two happy children running through a park in front of their apartment building.  Next to it, a picture of a starving Egyptian child. Then in to the 1990's, the Nigerian women's running team reacting to winning bronze in the Olympics. And then in to the 2000's  - today. Times that I remember or have had a deep impact on the world that I live in. The Columbine Shooting, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and President Obama's race to the presidency and the determination he had. These are just to name a few!

I am so glad I visited this exhibition. It was so worth the time. If it ever comes to a city near you I suggest visiting it!