Anne Rubin, History, and Tom Beck, Library Gallery, to Discuss Civil War Photographs (4/17)

On April 17, Anne Rubin, associate professor of history, and Tom Beck, chief curator of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery and affiliate associate professor, visual arts, will discuss the gallery’s current exhibition, “The Photographer’s Eye: Civil War Photographs Selected from the UMBC Photography Collections.” Rubin will discuss “Myth, Memory, and the American Civil War,” while Beck will speak about “Civil War Photography as Art and Historical Evidence.”  Their talk will take place at 4 p.m. in the Library Gallery. The American Civil War coincided with the early years of photography, and the images captured by the early practitioners… Continue Reading Anne Rubin, History, and Tom Beck, Library Gallery, to Discuss Civil War Photographs (4/17)