WV -- Harpers Ferry NHP -- Exhibit: John Brown Museum -- Gallery: Invisibles by Peter Cizmadia:
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Description of Pictures: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will host a portrait exhibition titled 'Invisibles,' featuring the work of fall 2018 artist-in-residence Peter Cizmadia. As part of the artist residency, Cizmadia completed a series of portraits commemorating the 24 men and women who actively supported John Brown's 1859 raid on the armory at Harpers Ferry. He seeks to encourage viewers to learn the motivations and background of these individuals, and consider what drove each of them to risk so much in the fight against slavery.
The portraits will be on display Saturday, May 4, 2019 through January 2020 on the second floor of the John Brown Museum in the Lower Town of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
Peter Cizmadia is a visual artist who specializes in stenciling, photography and painting to build mixed media artwork. He spends significant time traveling and finding inspiration within the American landscape. These landscapes and their hidden histories feature prominently in his work as a reminder that what may seem like the distant past is very much alive in the present.
The Artist-in-Residence program continues to honor a long tradition of artists in national parks, which began in the 1870s when the Hudson River School painters captured majestic Western landscapes. The work of those early artists allowed the public to see these special places in America for the first time and inspired the preservation of these lands for future generations.
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HARPIN_200304_007.JPG: Invisibles
"I used to call them my 'invisibles.' If anyone approached while they were at their meals, I would let them know, when they would each take articles of food and dishes, clearing the table and disappear as usual, while I kept the person of persons on the porch as long as I could."
-- Annie Brown Adams
HARPIN_200304_014.JPG: Barclay, 20, Farmer, Brother
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_019.JPG: William P, 24: Farmer, Husband
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_025.JPG: Dauphin, 21: Farmer, Brother
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_030.JPG: Lewis, 24: Harness-maker, Husband, Father
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_038.JPG: Charles, 25: Lumberjack, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_042.JPG: William H., 20: Laborer, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_050.JPG: Aaron, 29: Soldier, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_059.JPG: Annie, 15: Daughter, Sister
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_062.JPG: Dangerfield, 44: Blacksmith, Husband, Father
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_074.JPG: John, H., 24: Lawyer, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_079.JPG: John Jr., 38: Farmer, Husband
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_084.JPG: Martha, 17: Wife, Mother-to-be
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_089.JPG: Owen, 35: Farmer, Brother
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_093.JPG: Oliver, 20: Scholar, Father-to-be
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_101.JPG: Osbourne, 29: Printer, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_105.JPG: Jeremiah, 24: Soldier, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_110.JPG: Shields, 23: Cleaner, Father
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_118.JPG: Francis, 22: Financier, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_122.JPG: John A., 25: Carpenter, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_127.JPG: Watson, 24: Farmer, Husband, Father
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_131.JPG: Albert, 22: Farmer, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_136.JPG: Stewart, 22: Wagon-builder, Son
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_140.JPG: Edwin, 24: Farmer, Brother
Peter Cizmadia
HARPIN_200304_145.JPG: John E.: Lock-tender, Husband, Father
Peter Cizmadia
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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11.
The child president's handling of the pandemic was a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and dramatically increasing infections and deaths here.The BLM protests started in June, made all the worse by the child president's inability to have any empathy for anyone other than himself. Then of course he tried to steal the election in November. What a year!
Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
The farthest distance I traveled after that was about 40 miles. I only visited sites in four states -- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC. That was the least amount of travel I had done since 1995.
Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.
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