Joe Rosenthal's famous 1945 photo of soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi is but one of the striking photographs featured in Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs opening at The Albuquerque Museum on January 25, 2004.

Capture the Moment is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Pulitzer Prize winning photographs in the United States. It features more than 120 prize winning photos, both color and black & white. The images begin in 1941, the first year a picture was eligible for a Pulitzer Prize Award, and end with the 2003 award winner, although no award was issued in 1946 when no photo was deemed worthy of the prestigious prize. First seen in newspapers, these images represent portraits of life�s highs and lows often depicting defining moments in history. Some of the pictures are forever etched in our memory. There is the image of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, the young Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez being taken at gunpoint from a Miami home and Babe Ruth acknowledging the fans as he retires. The photograph of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001; it is featured along with the 1999 winning picture of Kosovo refugees. Each photograph is accompanied by the words of the photographer telling the moving story of how he or she made the picture that won journalism�s most prestigious prize.

The Pulitzer Prizes are bestowed each year after a rigorous selection process. Two prizes are named in photography, they are among the 21 Pulitzer awards in newspaper journalism, as well as books, music and drama. The Pulitzer Prize is the inspiration of media mogul Joseph Pulitzer, 1847-1911, whose endowment of $2 million dollars established a School of Journalism at Columbia University with the remaining funds going to �prizes or scholarships for the encouragement of public service, public morals, American literatures and the advancement of education.�

Capture the Moment is on display at The Albuquerque Museum through April 18, 2004.

Museum admission: $4 Adults ($1 discount to NM residents), $2 Seniors (65+) and $1 Children 12 � 4. Children 3 and under are free. The first Wednesday of the month is free admission day at the museum.

The Albuquerque Museum 2000 Mountain Road NW Open Tues.-Sun. 9-5 505-243-7255 voice/relay www.cabq.gov/museum The museum is an accessible facility

The Albuquerque Museum is a Division of the Cultural Services Department of the City of Albuquerque

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