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Exhibit highlights historic work of Morgan State photographer

Work of Paul Henderson to be showcased at museum

An exhibit about to open is encouraging you to be a part of history. Starting Tuesday, the Maryland Historical Society and Morgan State University will share some never-before-seen pictures by a photographer who documented important moments in Maryland's history.
An exhibit about to open is encouraging you to be a part of history. Starting Tuesday, the Maryland Historical Society and Morgan State University will share some never-before-seen pictures by a photographer who documented important moments in Maryland's history.
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Exhibit highlights historic work of Morgan State photographer
Work of Paul Henderson to be showcased at museum
An exhibit about to open is encouraging you to be a part of history.Starting Tuesday, the Maryland Historical Society and Morgan State University will share some never-before-seen pictures by a photographer who documented important moments in Maryland's history.Organizers said the art exhibit even has an interactive component to get you involved.The exhibit highlights the work of Paul Henderson, who photographed thousands of images for The Afro-American. He was the newspaper's first photographer, and over decades, captured images of Baltimore, the civil rights movement, people and places."It captures a period of time in Baltimore that people relate to," Maryland Historical Society digital curator Joe Tropea said.Now, over 40 never before seen images will be part of the art exhibit at Morgan State's James E. Lewis Museum of Art.The new exhibit is called "Paul Henderson: Photographing Morgan," and its purpose is not only to share great work, but learn more about the people in the pictures.When you check out Morgan's exhibit you'll see a QR code reader so you can figure out who is the picture and where it was taken."Photographs are beautiful, but they don't have as much meaning if you don't know who they are," Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum curator Iris Barnes said. "We can say it's Morgan, but if someone can say who it is, they become more connected to it.""The pictures are just fun to look at," Tropea said. "So, I would encourage everyone to come and take a look at them."The free exhibit will run through the end of March.

An exhibit about to open is encouraging you to be a part of history.

Starting Tuesday, the Maryland Historical Society and Morgan State University will share some never-before-seen pictures by a photographer who documented important moments in Maryland's history.

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Organizers said the art exhibit even has an interactive component to get you involved.

The exhibit highlights the work of Paul Henderson, who photographed thousands of images for The Afro-American. He was the newspaper's first photographer, and over decades, captured images of Baltimore, the civil rights movement, people and places.

"It captures a period of time in Baltimore that people relate to," Maryland Historical Society digital curator Joe Tropea said.

Now, over 40 never before seen images will be part of the art exhibit at Morgan State's James E. Lewis Museum of Art.

The new exhibit is called "Paul Henderson: Photographing Morgan," and its purpose is not only to share great work, but learn more about the people in the pictures.

When you check out Morgan's exhibit you'll see a QR code reader so you can figure out who is the picture and where it was taken.

"Photographs are beautiful, but they don't have as much meaning if you don't know who they are," Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum curator Iris Barnes said. "We can say it's Morgan, but if someone can say who it is, they become more connected to it."

"The pictures are just fun to look at," Tropea said. "So, I would encourage everyone to come and take a look at them."

The free exhibit will run through the end of March.

Morgan State University will be the home of a new exhibit highlighting the photographic work of Paul Henderson.