Milton Rogovin Exhibit - LAST CHANCE!
LAST CHANCE FOR MILTON ROGOVIN EXHIBIT AT BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Exhibit of Images by Internationally Recognized Photographer Closes Jan. 13, 2008
Buffalo, N.Y. – Jan. 8, 2008 – The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society’s popular exhibit of photographs by internationally recognized social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin will close this Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. The exhibit, titled Milton Rogovin: Native American Series, 1963 – 2002, is on display in the Historical Society museum, located at 25 Nottingham Court at Elmwood Avenue.
The exhibit includes striking images of Iroquois communities throughout upstate New York, Canada, and Buffalo’s Lower West Side. Rogovin’s black and white photographs capture a cross section of Native Americans, young and old, urban and rural, in varied settings, including psychedelic rock and roll culture, an Iroquois social gathering and weathered reservation buildings.
Rogovin has described himself as a photographer of “the forgotten ones.” Subjects of his work have included the struggle of miners in ten countries, the decline of Buffalo and Lackawanna’s once-mighty steel industry, Yemeni families in Lackawanna, and the movement of the Spirit in store-front churches on Buffalo’s East Side.
Born in New York City in 1909, Rogovin moved to Buffalo in 1938 and opened an optometric practice. He became active in Buffalo’s communist party, which led to a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952 and the Buffalo News branding him “Buffalo’s Top Red.” Despite the devastating effects of a public blacklisting, Rogovin refused to be silenced and, instead, turned to photography to give a greater voice to the cause of the working class. Rogovin’s work is included in the Library of Congress, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona.
Milton Rogovin: Native American Series, 1963-2002 is included in museum admission, which is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students ages 13 to 21, $2.50 for children ages 7 to 12, and free for children age 6 and younger. For more information, the public may call the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society at (716) 873-9644 ext. 301.
