Collection
of Rare Steichen Prints
on Display for First
Time in San Diego
Embarcadero—The
Maritime Museum of San
Diego will be
displaying its extensive
collection of
Edward Steichen’s
World War II
photographs for the
first time.
The War through
Steichen’s Eyes-Combat
Photography in the
Pacific 1943-45,
opens on November 23 in
the Gould Eddy Gallery
aboard the
Berkeley
. The exhibit features
50 photographs produced
by Steichen and the
photographers under his
supervision. Many of the
most famous images of
World War II will
be on display.
Additional photographs,
documents and artifacts
chronicle the
extraordinary life of
one of America ’s most
accomplished
photographers. The
exhibit will be open
through July 2008.
Already one of the
world’s foremost
photographers with a
lucrative career in the
fashion industry,
Edward Steichen
could have avoided
service in
World War II. He
was 62 years old when
the war broke out and
had already served his
adopted country as a
combat photographer in
World War I.
Instead, Steichen
enlisted and became
director of the Naval
Photographic Institute.
He and the photographers
working for him produced
some of the most
dramatic and enduring
images of
World War II in
the Pacific.
Steichen’s war film “The
Fighting Lady” won the
1945 Academy Award for
best documentary. He
went on to become the
first curator of
photography at the
Museum of
Modern Art in
New York . He is
considered one of the
most important and
influential
photographers of the 20th
century. His work is on
display at museums and
galleries around the
world including the
Getty Museum in
Los Angeles , New
York ’s
Metropolitan Museum of
Art and the
National Gallery of Art
in
Washington D.C.
Entrance to
The War Through
Steichen’s Eyes-Combat
Photography in the
Pacific 1943-45
at the
Maritime Museum of San
Diego is included
with regular admission.
About the
Maritime Museum of San
Diego
The
Maritime Museum of San
Diego enjoys a
worldwide reputation for
excellence in restoring,
maintaining and
operating historic
vessels. The museum has
one of the world’s
finest collections of
historic ships,
including the world’s
oldest active ship the
Star of India.
The museum is located on
the North Embarcadero in
downtown San Diego at
1492 North Harbor Drive
, San Diego , CA 92101
. The telephone number
for general inquiries is
619-234-9153.
Additional information
can be found on the
museum’s website at
www.sdmaritime.org
