LENS CAPTURE

This one is near and dear to me. The New York City Fire Department Photo Unit Official Archive of FDNY Photographs will be featured at St. John's University Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery.

The exhibit will feature a short history of the New York City Fire Department, as documented by the Photo unit, from the 1900 through 2009. These images document major events from the beginning of the 20th Century, to the attack on the World Trade Center, to Hurricane Katrina, and much more. The exhibit features large digital contact sheets made from the scanned collection of glass negatives, with the earliest traced back to 1869. A selection of 8 x 10 black and white prints come from an extensive collection of 4 x 5 negatives. Color images will tug at your heart depicting the September 11th attack and the subsequent rescue and recovery efforts. Images from the FDNY's response to help with the devastation that Hurricane Katrina left behind will truly inspire.

The exhibit runs from now through March 7, 2009.

Location
Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery
Sun Yat Sen Hall
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY

Hours
Tuesday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Saturday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

This exhibit is free of charge and is accessible to the handicapped. For more information call (718) 990-7476 or visit www.stjohns.edu/yehgallery.