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Photography lecture at Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg

16 November

Guest Lecturer Dr. Mary Panzer presents: Patrons of the New Art: Photography in American Magazines, 1945-1955. She will focus on fine art photography in American magazines such as Fortune, LIFE, LOOK, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue.

Thursday, November 19 | 6:30 - 7:30 P.M.

For nearly eight years, Dr. Panzer served as Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. She is now an Exhibition Consultant at Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Curator and Consultant for Exhibition Art & Technology. She has advised the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and other institutions. She has a special interest in American photography and photojournalism. [Text from the Museum of Fine Arts website]

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