Come visit the Downtown Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library to see a community screening of Voyageur Media Group’s latest documentary, “Capturing Life!” The screening will be on October 29th from 6-8pm. Following the film at 7pm there will be a panel discussion focusing on photography and preservation.

Over the past three decades, Voyageur’s production team has conducted research at dozens of regional archives in search of photographs to illustrate documentaries about our area’s rich cultural heritage. They have always cherished days spent exploring photographic collections. Over time, they came to realize that these remarkable photographs are a fascinating story unto themselves.

The Big Picture: A History of Photography in Greater Cincinnati presents these fascinating stories in three, one-hour episodes that cover the century of time from 1839 to 1939.

“Capturing Life,” the first episode, examines how photography emerged as a vital medium during a period when Cincinnati evolved from a modest river town into the sixth-largest city in the United States. We present the work of the region’s first photographers, entrepreneurs who turned their craft into a business. The first episode also explores the influence of photography during a period of enormous social change, including westward expansion, immigration, slavery, the abolitionist movement and the Civil War.

This event is free, but requires registration.

This project was funded in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite Grant.

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