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Pictures might say a thousand words, but Vicki Goldberg is the one who says them aloud or writes them. The former photography critic for the New York Times, as well as a scribe for the Village Voice, Goldberg is widely considered among the most knowledgeable, influential, and succinct minds in photography. She has written numerous books, including the The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives, widely considered one of the most important textbooks on the medium. This Thursday, Goldberg will give a lecture, “What Remains,” in conjunction with the Miami Art Museum’s ongoing “Focus Gallery: Joel Meyerowitz — Aftermath” exhibit about 9/11. She’s a natural choice for the talk, both because of her experience with the form and her New York roots. She lived through what most of us saw only in pictures.
Meyerowitz was the only photographer granted access to Ground Zero in the months after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Now, with the ten-year anniversary upon us, we can reflect on how our perceptions of what was happening in New York were colored by the haunting images that kept flashing before our eyes. Whether it was the iconic images of “The Pile” — the mountain of rubble that settled where the Twin Towers once stood — of the devastation, or of the horror, the history of the day that changed America forever is written in Meyerowitz’s photos. Goldberg will walk us through what that pictorial history means.
Thu., Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m., 2011
